A comparative study of indoor radon level measurements in the dwellings of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, India

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 36, Issue 1-6 SPEC., 2003, Pages 457-460

  Bajwa, B S ^a   Virk, H S ^a   Singh, Surinder ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical etching; Dwellings; LR 115; Radon; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOLOGY; SURVEYS;

INDOOR RADON LEVELS;

RADON;

EID: 0042864759     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00171-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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