Preliminary results of simultaneous radon and thoron tests in Ottawa

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-256

  Chen, Jing ^a   Tokonami, Shinji ^b   Sorimachi, Atsuyuki ^b   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^b   Falcomer, Renato ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON 220;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; JAPAN; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CANADA; HOUSING; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; THORIUM;

EID: 52749099062     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm503     Document Type: Article

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