Study of indoor radon and radon in drinking water in Greece and Cyprus: Implications to exposure and dose

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1305-1314

  Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Louizi, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dose; Drinking water; Equilibrium factor; Exposure; Indoor air; Radon; Unattached Fraction

Indexed keywords

POTABLE WATER;

DOSE; DOSE ESTIMATIONS; DRINKING WATER; EQUILIBRIUM FACTOR; EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR RADON; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; UNATTACHED FRACTION;

RADON;

EID: 48849084945     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.03.043     Document Type: Article

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