Seasonal variation of indoor radon in dwellings of Malwa region, Punjab

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 40, 2005, Pages 7761-7767

  Singh, Surinder ^a   Mehra, Rohit ^b   Singh, Kulwant ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Malout Institute of Management and Information Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dwellings; LR 115; Radon; Thoron

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE FILMS; NITROCELLULOSE; PROTECTION; TUMORS;

DWELLINGS; INDOOR RADON MEASUREMENTS; INDOOR RADON RANGES; LR-115; SEASONAL VARIATION OF INDOOR RADON; THORON;

RADON;

PYROXYLIN; RADON;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR RADON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; FILM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

CELLULOSE FILM; CELLULOSE NITRATE; PROTECTION; TUMORS;

EID: 27844491093     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.08.030     Document Type: Article

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