Long-term radon levels and equilibrium factor in some Spanish workplaces measured with a passive integrating detector

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 85, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 233-236

  Baixeras, C ^a   Amgarou, K ^a   Font, Ll ^a   Domingo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLONIUM; RADON; RADON 222;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION CHAMBER; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; EUROPEAN UNION; INHALATION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; SPAIN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032798856     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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