Indoor radon and radon emanation in the herculane Spa (cerna valley) area-Romania

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 236-240

  Cosma, C ^a   Ristoiu, D ^a   Poffin, A ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b Radon Research Group   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exhalation rate; Geothermal water; Indoor radon; Radioactivity; Radon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343771721     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X9600500407     Document Type: Article

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