Seasonal variation of natural and artificial radionuclide concentrations in ground-level air

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 535-539

  Winkler, Raimund ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BISMUTH; CESIUM 137; LEAD 212; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; URANIUM 238;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; FALLOUT; GERMANY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BERYLLIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GERMANY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON DAUGHTERS; SEASONS;

EID: 0031464341     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050440     Document Type: Article

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