Investigations on indoor radon in Austria, Part 1: Seasonality of indoor radon concentration

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-345

  Bossew, Peter ^a   Lettner, Herbert ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Indoor radon; Seasonality; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; RADON; SOILS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

INDOOR RADON; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

RADON; SOIL WATER;

RADON; SEASONALITY; SOIL PROPERTY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POWER SPECTRUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AUSTRIA; RADON; SEASONS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36148956563     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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