A geostatistical autopsy of the Austrian indoor radon survey (1992-2002)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 377, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 378-395

  Dubois, G ^a   Bossew, P ^a   Friedmann, H ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Indoor radon mapping; Lognormal kriging; Scale components

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

GEOSTATISTICAL AUTOPSY; GEOSTATISTICS; INDOOR RADON MAPPING; LOGNORMAL KRIGING; SCALE COMPONENTS;

DISEASES;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE INCIDENCE; GEOSTATISTICS; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR RADON; MAPPING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SURVEY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; EXPOSURE; FILTRATION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; KRIGING; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AUSTRIA; GEOLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34247490122     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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