Determination of 222Rn in natural water samples from health resorts in the Sudety mountains by the liquid scintillation technique

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 475-480

  Kozlowska, Beata ^a   Hetman, Agnieszka ^a   Zipper, Wiktor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

LSC; Radon; Water

Indexed keywords

RADON 222; FRESH WATER; RADON;

ARTICLE; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPA TREATMENT; WATER SAMPLING; METHODOLOGY; POLAND; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

FRESH WATER; HEALTH RESORTS; POLAND; RADON; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

RADIOACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADON; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SPRING WATER;

NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032589110     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00067-6     Document Type: Article

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