Study of radon and its progeny levels dwellings of Thankassery, Kerala

Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 877-879

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Mahur, A K ^a   Jojo, P J ^a,b   Prasad, Rajendra ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b FATIMA MATA NATIONAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Alpha tracks; Etching; Indoor radon; Solid state nuclear track detector

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949116535     PISSN: 00195596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) (1982), Annex A: Exposure from Natural Sources, United Nations, New York.
2. Lubin J H, Am J Epidemiol, 140 (1994) 323.
3. Samet J M, J Natl Cancer Inst, 81 (1989) 745.
4. Report of the Committee on the biological effects of ionizing radiation (BEIR- IV- 1988).
5. NRC, Health effects of radon and other internally deposited alpha emitters (1988).
6. Kumar Rajesh & Prasad Rajendra, Indian J Environ Prot, 25 (2005)168.
7. Kumar Rajesh, Ashwani Kumar & Rajendra Prasad, Radiat Meas, 36 (2003)521.
8. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) (2000), Annex A: Exposure from Natural Sources. United Nations, New York.
9. Singh A K, Jojo P J, Khan A J, Prasad Rajendra & Ramchandran T V, Radiat. Prot Environ, 20 (1997) 129.
10. Singh A K, Prasad R & Khan A J, Radiat Prot Dosimetry, 74 (1997) 189.
11. Jojo P J, Khan A J, Tyagi R K, Ramchandran T V, Subba Ramu M C & Prasad Rajendra, Radiat Meas, 23 (1994) 715.
12. International Commission on Radiological Protection, ICRP, (1993) Publication 65.