Measurement of radon and thoron concentration by using LR-115 type-II plastic track detectors in the environ of Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, India

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 36, Issue 1-6 SPEC., 2003, Pages 431-434

  Deka, P C ^a   Sarkar, Subir ^a   Bhattacharjee, B ^a   Goswami, T D ^a   Sarma, B K ^a   Ramachandran, T V ^b  

^a GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Indoor radon; Inhalation dose; LR 115 (type II); Nuclear track detector; Track etching

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; RADIATION DETECTORS; SOILS; VENTILATION;

NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS;

RADON;

EID: 0041362011     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00165-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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