Indoor radon survey in dwellings of the Kars province, Turkey

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 432-436

  Celik, N ^a   Poffijn, A ^b   Cevik, U ^a   Schepens, L ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON 222;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HOUSING; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 44749090433     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm439     Document Type: Article

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