Monitoring and modelling of indoor radon concentrations in a multi-storey building at Mumbai, India

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-26

  Shaikh, A N ^a   Ramachandran, T V ^a   Vinod Kumar, A ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Indoor radon; Meteorological model; Multi storey building; Radon monitoring; Seasonal variations of radon; Solid State Nuclear Track Detector (SSNTD)

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON;

INDOOR ATMOSPHERE;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

INERT GAS; RADON;

RADON;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BREATHING; BUILDING; DEVICE; FILM; HEIGHT; INDIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SEASON;

EID: 0037217227     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(02)00144-3     Document Type: Article

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