Distribution of indoor radon levels in dwellings of Palampur and Baijnath

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 588-592

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Mahur, A K ^a   Varshney, A K ^a,b   Prasad, Rajendra ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL;

EID: 19344362148     PISSN: 02537141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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