An international intercomparison of soil gas radon and radon exhalation measurements

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 108-114

  Hutter, Adam R ^b   Knutson, Earl O ^a  

^a Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

220Rn; 222Rn; Radon; Soil

Indexed keywords

RADON 222;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; SAMPLING; SOIL;

EID: 0031984054     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199801000-00014     Document Type: Article

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