False CAM Alarms from Radon Fluctuations

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Hayes, Robert ^a  

^a Radiological Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring, air; Operational topic; Radon; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ALARM MONITOR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0142094691     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200311002-00008     Document Type: Article

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