Intercomparison of radon and decay product measurements in an underground mine and EPA radon laboratory: A study organized by the IAEA international radon metrology programme

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 465-474

  Budd, G ^a   Hopper, R ^a   Braganza, E ^a   Ronca Battista, M ^a   Steinhausler F ^b   Stegner, P ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calibration; Decay products; Instrumentation; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 0031761275     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199811000-00001     Document Type: Article

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