High 222Rn levels in a show cave (Castañar de Ibor, Spain): Proposal and application of management measures to minimize the effects on guides and visitors

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 7395-7400

  Lario, J ^a   Sanchez Moral S ^b   Cuezva, S ^b   Taborda, M ^b   Soler, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; RADON; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR EXCHANGE RATE; ENERGY CAVE; ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY;

CAVES;

RADON 222;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CAVE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RADON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPRING; TOURISM; WINTER;

CACERES [EXTREMADURA]; CASTANAR DE IBOR; EURASIA; EUROPE; EXTREMADURA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CACERES;

EID: 33750217842     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.06.046     Document Type: Article

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