Effective doses in schools based on nanosize radon progeny aerosols

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 39, 2006, Pages 7494-7507

  Vaupotič, Janja ^a   Kobal, Ivan ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Dose conversion factor; Equilibrium factor; Radon; Radon short lived decay products; Schools; Unattached fraction

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADON; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

DOSE CONVERSION FACTOR; EQUILIBRIUM FACTOR; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GEOMETRIC STANDARD DEVIATION; RADON SHORT LIVED DECAY PRODUCTS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

RADON;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR RADON; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOMETRY; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750299682     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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