Spatial indoor radon distribution in Mexico City

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 317, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 91-103

  Franco Marina, Francisco ^a   Villalba Caloca, Jaime ^a   Segovia, Nuria ^b   Tavera, Leticia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Radon exposure measurement; Residential radon concentrations; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; PROBABILITY; RADON; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LUNG CANCER;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

OZONE; RADON;

INDOOR AIR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPOSURE; GEOMETRY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SOLID STATE; VOLCANO;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0242551772     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00270-5     Document Type: Article

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