Iowa survey of waterborne 222Rn concentrations in private wells

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-252

  William Field, R ^a   Kross, Burton C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

222Rn; Groundwater; Radon; Surveys

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADON 222;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031884422     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199802000-00011     Document Type: Article

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