A survey of indoor workplace radon concentration in Japan

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-245

  Oikawa, Shinji ^a   Kanno, Nobuyuki ^a   Sanada, Tetsuya ^a   Abukawa, Joji ^a   Higuchi, Hideo ^a  

^a Japan Chemical Analysis Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

222Rn; Atmosphere; Concentration; Effective dose; Japan; Passive monitor; Radon; Seasonal variation; Track detector; Workplace

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; POLYCARBONATES; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADON; THIN FILMS;

EFFECTIVE DOSES; JAPAN; PASSIVE MONITOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACK DETECTORS; WORKPLACES;

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

POLYCARBONATE; RADON 222; RADON 222 DAUGHTER;

INDOOR AIR; RADON;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FILM; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; SEASONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33644915003     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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