Concentration of radon and thoron in some dwellings of the North-Eastern region in India

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 322-326

  Mishra, R ^a   Tripathy, S P ^a   Pachuau, L ^a   Laldawngliana, C ^a   Lalramengzami, R ^a   Ghosh, S ^a   Dwivedi, K K ^a,c   Khathing, D T ^a   Ramachandran, T V ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Indoor radon and thoron; Passive detection; Twin chamber dosimeter

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON 220;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SUMMER; WINTER;

THORON;

EID: 0033512164     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X9900800507     Document Type: Article

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