Indoor radon distribution in Switzerland: lognormality and Extreme Value Theory

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 649-657

  Tuia, Devis ^a   Kanevski, Mikhail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extreme Value Theory; Indoor radon; Lognormality; Probability Distribution Functions; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EXTREME VALUE THEORY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

RADON;

RADON;

DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; INDOOR AIR; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; GAS DIFFUSION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 40749085105     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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