Radon concentration measurements in Venezuelan caves using SSNTDs

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 28, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 725-728

  Sajo Bohus L ^a   Greaves, E D ^a   Palfalvi J ^b   Urbani, F ^c   Merlo, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^c Soc de Espeleologia   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cave; CR 39; Dosimetry; LR 115; Radon; Track detector

Indexed keywords

CAVES; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POLYCARBONATES; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON;

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

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0031380535     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00172-8     Document Type: Article

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