Simultaneous measurements of indoor radon, radon-thoron progeny and high-resolution gamma spectrometry in Greek dwellings

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 482-490

  Clouvas, A ^a   Xanthos, S ^a   Antonopoulos Domis, M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RADON; RADON 220; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GAS ANALYSIS; GREECE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE VALUE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; GAMMA RAYS; GREECE; HOUSING; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM;

EID: 33748097305     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci366     Document Type: Article

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