A combination study of indoor radon and in situ gamma spectrometry measurements in greek dwellings

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-366

  Clouvas, A ^a   Xanthos, S ^a   Antonopoulos Domis, M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOMETRY; GREECE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0038813885     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006154     Document Type: Article

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