Characteristics of radon and its progeny concentrations in air-conditioned office buildings in Tokyo

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-75

  Tokonami, S ^a   Furukawa, M ^a   Shicchi, Y ^a   Sanada, T ^b   Yamada, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Japan Chemical Analysis Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; JAPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0242690335     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006338     Document Type: Article

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