Radon properties in offices

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-164

  Yu, K N ^a   Young, E C M ^b   Stokes, M J ^b   Tang, K K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

222Rn, indoor; Cigarettes; Exposure, radiation; Lungs, human

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON 222;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031818313     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199808000-00006     Document Type: Article

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