The effect of moisture content on radon diffusion through soil: Assessment in laboratory and field experiments

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-264

  Papachristodoulou, C ^a   Ioannides, K ^a   Spathis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

222Rn; Diffusion; Radon; Soil

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FIELD STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SANDY LOAM; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTENT;

DIFFUSION; HUMIDITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER;

EID: 33846955772     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000248147.46038.bc     Document Type: Article

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