Estimating the dose from radon to recreational cave users in the Mendips, UK

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 235-240

  Sperrin, Malcolm ^a   Denman, Tony ^b   Phillips, Paul S ^c  

^a Prncs Margaret Hosp Swindon S   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavers; Caves; Dose; Mendips; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CAVE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADON; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033963495     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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