Comparison of retrospective and contemporary indoor radon measurements in a high-radon area of Serbia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 269-275

  Zunic Z S ^a   Yarmoshenko, I V ^b   Kelleher, K ^c   Paridaens, J ^d   Mc Laughlin, J P ^e   Celikovic I ^a   Ujic P ^a   Onischenko, A D ^b   Jovanovic S ^a   Demajo, A ^a   Birovljev, A ^f   Bochicchio, F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland   (Ireland)

^d SCKCEN Mol ^*  (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f Radonlab Ltd   (Norway)

^g ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indoor radon; Long term change; Retrospective measurements

Indexed keywords

GLASS; POROUS MATERIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DWELLINGS; HIGH-RADON AREA; SERBIA; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SURFACE TRAP MEASUREMENTS;

RADON;

RADON;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENT; EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; YUGOSLAVIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HOUSING; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; YUGOSLAVIA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NISKA BANJA; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749013026     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.044     Document Type: Article

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