Estimate of annual average radon concentration in the normal living area from short-term tests

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 740-744

  Chen, Jing ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

222Rn, indoor; Naturally occurring radionuclides; Regression; Statistics

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DOSIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCREENING TEST;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0242693991     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200312000-00019     Document Type: Article

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