Quality assurance program for LR 115 based radon concentration measurements in a case-control study: Description and results

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 36, Issue 1-6 SPEC., 2003, Pages 205-210

  Bochicchio, F ^a   Forastiere, F ^b   Farchi, S ^c   Marocco, D ^a   Quarto, M ^a   Sera, F ^d  

^a Physics Laboratory   (Italy)

^b ASL RME   (Italy)

^c Laziosanitài Agenzia di Sanità Pubblica   (Italy)

^d LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; LR 115; Quality assurance; Radon

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETCHING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

DWELLINGS;

RADON;

EID: 0041363169     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00124-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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