Radon levels measured at building sites and in sub-soil in delta

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 28, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 599-602

  Maged, A F ^a   Ashraf, F A ^a   El Behay, A Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CR 39; Indoor radon concentration; SSNTDs; Sub soil

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYCARBONATES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON; SOILS;

POLYALLYLDIGLYCOL CARBONATE; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS (SSNTD);

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0031354846     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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