Radon concentrations in hot spring waters in northern Venezuela

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-133

  Horváth, Á ^a   Bohus, L O ^b   Urbani, F ^c   Marx, G ^a   Piroth A ^a   Greaves, E D ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Hot springs; Inhalation; Radiation dose; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON 222;

HYDROCHEMISTRY; RADON; SPRING WATER; THERMAL SPRING;

AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL; THERMAL SPRING; VENEZUELA; WATER SAMPLING;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0344117580     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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