Radon hazard and risk in Sussex, England and the factors affecting radon levels in dwellings in chalk terrain

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-107

  Killip, Ian R ^a  

^a Isle of Man College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; HOUSING; RADON; VENTILATION;

EID: 17844376540     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch436     Document Type: Article

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