Correlation between indoor radon concentration and dose rate in air from terrestrial gamma radiation in Japan

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-296

  Fujimoto, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma radiation; Radon; Screening measurements; Surveys

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031949038     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199809000-00008     Document Type: Article

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