Indoor radon levels and influencing factors in houses of Patras, Greece

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-260

  Papaefthymiou, H ^a   Mavroudis, A ^a   Kritidis, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Floor level; Indoor radon; LR 115 detectors; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INDOOR RADON LEVELS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

RADON;

RADON;

ARTICLE; GREECE; HOUSEHOLD; RADIATION DOSE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; HOUSING; HUMANS; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS;

EID: 0037273741     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(02)00110-8     Document Type: Article

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