Radon concentration in indoor occupational environments in Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-108

  Iyogi, T ^a   Ueda, S ^a   Hisamatsu, S ^a   Kondo, K ^a   Sakurai, N ^b   Inaba, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Tsuruga Atomic Service Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

222Rn concentration; Aomori Prefecture; Diurnal variation; Indoor workplaces; Japan; Reprocessing plant

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ALPHA PARTICLES; POLYCARBONATES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON;

INDOOR OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

POLYCARBONATE; RADON; RADON 220; RADON 222;

INDOOR AIR;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FILM; JAPAN; RADIATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0037230582     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(02)00162-5     Document Type: Article

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