Radiation hazard of coal-slags as building material in Tatabanya town (Hungary)

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 648-651

  Somlai, J ^a   Horvath M ^a   Kanyar B ^a   Lendvai, Z ^a   Nemeth Cs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

226Ra; Coal; Dose assessment; Radon

Indexed keywords

COAL; RADON 222;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; HUNGARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY;

EID: 0031741181     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199812000-00010     Document Type: Article

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