Indoor radon/thoron survey report from Hamirpur and Una districts, Himachal Pradesh, India

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-141

  Virk, H S ^a   Sharma, Navjeet ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alpha tracks; Dosimeter cups; Inhalation dose; Radon; Thoron

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; RADON; SURVEYS; THORIUM COMPOUNDS;

THORON;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

RADON; RADON 220;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSIMETRY; INDIA; INHALATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOASSAY; SEASON; SOIL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INDIA; RADIOMETRY; RADON; SEASONS;

EID: 0033992295     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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