IAEA/EPA international climatic test program for integrating radon detectors

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-308

  Hopper, R D ^a   Steinhausler F ^b   Ronca Battista, M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

222Rn; Detector, etched track; Instruments; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON 222;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYTIC METHOD; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

EID: 0032854799     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199909000-00009     Document Type: Article

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