Assessment of radon-222 concentrations in buildings, building materials, water and soil in Jordan

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 765-773

  Kullab, Mahmoud ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; BUILDING MATERIALS; DOSIMETERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOSPHATE MINES; SOILS; WATER;

NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS; PASSIVE DOSIMETERS; RADON GAS; RADON MONITORS;

RADON;

PHOSPHATE; RADON 222; WATER;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSIMETER; JORDAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SOLID STATE; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; JORDAN; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOMETRY; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 14844288044     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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