Indoor radiation measurements in Greece

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 307-312

  Pappas, E ^a   Karaiskos, P ^a   Angelopoulos, A ^a   Apostolakis, A ^a   Baras, P ^a   Rozaki Mavrouli, H ^a   Trabidou, G ^a   Sakelliou, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ACCURACY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GREECE; HUMAN; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 0032989899     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032640     Document Type: Article

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