Developments in the management of exposures from radon in natural gas in the UK

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 7, Issue C, 2005, Pages 1064-1070

  Dixon, D W ^a   Wilson, C K ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 52249097559     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(04)07131-1     Document Type: Article

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