Radon activity levels and effective doses in the Perama Cave, Greece

Health Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 619-624

  Papachristodoulou, C A ^a   Ioannides, K G ^a   Stamoulis, K C ^a   Patiris, D L ^a   Pavlides, S B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alpha track; Detector; Effective dose; Exposure, occupational; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; GREECE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; SUMMER; TOURISM; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BODY BURDEN; GEOLOGY; GREECE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

PERAMA;

EID: 2442651491     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200406000-00007     Document Type: Article

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