A study of airborne radon levels in Paarl houses (South Africa) and associated source terms, using electret ion chambers and gamma-ray spectrometry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1611-1614

  Lindsay, R ^a   Newman, R T ^b   Speelman, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b iThemba LABS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Activity concentration; Electret ion chambers; Gamma ray spectrometry; Natural radioactivity; Radon; South Africa

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ELECTRET ION CHAMBERS; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

RADON;

RADIUM 226; RADON 222;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; ELECTRET ION CHAMBER; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HOME; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; ELECTROSTATICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 50949115258     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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