Continuous measurements of outdoor 222Rn concentrations for three years at one location in Colorado

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 418-420

  Borak, T B ^a   Baynes, S A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

222Rn; Environmental; Environmental assessment; Radiation; Sampling

Indexed keywords

RADON 222;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033037403     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199904000-00011     Document Type: Article

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