A representative survey of indoor radon in the sixteen regions in Mexico City

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-76

  Espinosa, G ^a   Gammage, R B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCARBONATE; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOL; RADON;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0037244194     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006119     Document Type: Article

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