Radon variations during treatment in thermal spas of Lesvos Island (Greece)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-294

  Vogiannis, Efstratios ^b   Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Louizi, Anna ^a   Halvadakis, Constantinos P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Radon; Radon daughter; Thermal spas

Indexed keywords

THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

THERMAL SPAS; THERMAL WATER;

RADON;

RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADON; THERMAL SPRING;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREECE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPA TREATMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BALNEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142517944     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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