Indoor radon monitoring in Northern Iran using passive and active measurements

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-52

  Hadad, Kamal ^a   Doulatdar, R ^a   Mehdizadeh, S ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CR 39; Dosimetry; Radon; Seasonal variation; SSNTD

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; DOSIMETERS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PARTICLE DETECTORS; POLYCARBONATES;

CR-39; SEASONAL VARIATION; SSNTD;

RADON;

POLYCARBONATE; RADON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR RADON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADON ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; IRAN; MEASUREMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; ROOM VENTILATION; SAMPLER; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID STATE; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; IRAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADON; SEASONS;

ARDABIL; ASIA; EURASIA; GILAN; IRAN; LAHIJAN; MIDDLE EAST; NAMIN; SAREIN;

EID: 34247127438     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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