Passive sampling and monitoring of radon and other gases

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-58

  Tommasino, L ^a  

^a ANPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; POLYETHYLENE; RADON;

ADSORPTION; AIR SAMPLING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PERMEABILITY; RADIATION MONITORING; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0031680686     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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