Thoron levels in the dwellings of Hyderabad city, Andhra Pradesh, India

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-28

  Sreenath Reddy, M ^a   Yadagiri Reddy, P ^a   Rama Reddy, K ^a   Eappen, K P ^b   Ramachandran, T V ^b   Mayya, Y S ^b  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; LR 115; Thoron

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; FLOORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

DWELLINGS; THORON;

RADIOACTIVITY;

RADON 220;

BUILDING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; GEOMETRY; HOUSEHOLD; INDIA; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOLID;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; INDIA; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADON; REFERENCE VALUES; URBAN POPULATION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; HYDERABAD; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

THORON;

EID: 1442299294     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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