Annual average and seasonal variations of residential radon concentration for all the Italian Regions

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 40, Issue 2-6, 2005, Pages 686-694

  Bochicchio, F ^a   Campos Venuti, G ^a   Piermattei, S ^b   Nuccetelli, C ^a   Risica, S ^a   Tommasino, L ^b   Torri, G ^b   Magnoni, M ^c   Agnesod, G ^d   Sgorbati, G ^e   Bonomi, M ^f   Minach, L ^g   Trotti, F ^h   Malisan, M R ⁱ   Maggiolo, S ^j   Gaidolfi, L ^k   Giannardi, C ^l   Rongoni, A ^m   Lombardi, M ⁿ   Cherubini, G ^o   D'Ostilio, S ^p   Cristofaro, C ^q   Pugliese, M ^r   Martucci, V ^s   Crispino, A ^t   Cuzzocrea, P ^u   Santamaria, A Sansone ^v   Cappai, M ^w   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b APAT   (Italy)

^c ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^d Aosta Hospital   (Italy)

^e ARPA Lombardia   (Italy)

^f APPA Trentino   (Italy)

^g APPA Alto Adige   (Italy)

^h ARPAV   (Italy)

ⁱ SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente Ligure   (Italy)

^k ARPA Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^l ARPAT   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

ⁿ ARPA Marche   (Italy)

^o ARPA Lazio   (Italy)

^p ARPA Abruzzo   (Italy)

^q ARPA Molise   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^s ARPA Puglia   (Italy)

^t ARPA Basilicata   (Italy)

^u ARPA Calabria   (Italy)

^v ARPA Sicilia   (Italy)

^w Territorial Department of Nephrology and Dialysis   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Indoor radon; Log normal distribution; LR 115; Representative survey; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

INDOOR RADON; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; LR 115; REPRESENTATIVE SURGERY; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

RADON;

EID: 27744569072     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.12.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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