Relevance of air conditioning for 222Radon concentration in shops of the Savona Province, Italy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 355, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 25-30

  Panatto, Donatella ^a   Ferrari, Paola ^a   Lai, Piero ^a   Gallelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air conditioning heating systems; Radon; Shops

Indexed keywords

HEATING; SOILS; VENTILATION; WIND;

CENTRALIZED FURNACES; VENTILATION RATES;

AIR CONDITIONING;

RADON 222;

INDOOR AIR; RADON;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FURNACE; HEATING; HUMAN; ITALY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SOIL; SUMMER; WIND; WINTER; WORKER;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COMMERCE; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HEATING; HUMANS; ITALY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADON; SEASONS; VENTILATION;

EID: 31344467231     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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