An extensive indoor 222Rn/220Rn monitoring in Shillong, India

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 429-433

  Mishra, R ^a,b   Tripathy, S P ^a,b   Khathing, D T ^a   Dwivedi, K K ^c  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b APAT   (Italy)

^c Embassy of India ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON 220; RADON 222; RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DOSIMETER; INDIA; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; DATABASES; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 12344324728     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch419     Document Type: Article

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