Radon concentration changes in the air of two caves in Poland

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-94

  Przylibski, Tadeusz Andrzej ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CAVE; RADON;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; POLAND; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

POLAND;

EID: 0033215886     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00081-2     Document Type: Article

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