Radiation exposures to miners in Polish coal mines

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-300

  Skowronek, J ^a  

^a CENTRAL MINING INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIUM; RADON DAUGHTER;

ARTICLE; COAL MINING; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLAND; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 0033064460     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032638     Document Type: Article

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