Occupational doses from radon in Spanish spas

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 398-401

  Soto, J ^b   Gomez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air sampling; Effective dose; Exposure; Occupational; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SPAIN;

EID: 0033041836     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199904000-00008     Document Type: Article

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