Occupational and patient doses in the therapeutic cave, Tapolca (Hungary)

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-266

  Kavasi N ^a   Somlai, J ^a   Kovacs T ^a   Szabo T ^b   Varhegyi A ^c   Hakl, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b Hospital of Tapolca   (Hungary)

^c Mecsek Environmental Protection Co   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROCLIMATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0346958342     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006359     Document Type: Article

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