Indoor radon (222Rn) concentration measurements in Cyprus using high-sensitivity portable detectors

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-169

  Anastasiou, T ^a   Tsertos, H ^a   Christofides, S ^b   Christodoulides, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Effective dose rate; Indoor radon concentration; Portable radon detectors; RADIM3; Radioactivity; Radon

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DETECTORS; RADON;

PORTABLE DETECTORS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

RADON 222; RADON;

INDOOR RADON; RADIOACTIVITY;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CYPRUS; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; MEASUREMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CALIBRATION; CYPRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RADON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037902165     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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