Some remarks on the indoor radon distribution in a country

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 859-863

  Hamori K ^a   Toth E ^a   Losonci, A ^a   Minda, M ^a  

^a RAD Laboratory   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cumulative distribution; Indoor radon; Lognormal distribution; Stratification

Indexed keywords

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; INDOOR RADON; LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION;

RADON;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; EMPIRICISM; HOME; HUNGARY; HYPOTHESIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MODEL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; ARTIFACTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUNGARY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 33744789416     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.02.098     Document Type: Article

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