Dependence of indoor radon concentration on the year of house construction

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 410-419

  Fujimoto, K ^a   Sanada, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Japan Chemical Analysis Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

222Rn; Dose; Indoor; Population; Radioactivity; Surveys

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; JAPAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; TIME;

EID: 0032885763     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199910000-00008     Document Type: Article

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