A study of indoor radon levels in rural dwellings of Ezine (Çanakkale, Turkey) using solid-state nuclear track detectors

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-384

  Orgun Y ^a   Altinsoy, N ^a   Sahin S Y ^b   Ataksor, B ^c   Celebi N ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RURAL AREA; SOLID STATE; SUMMER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RURAL POPULATION; TURKEY;

EID: 56849092642     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn190     Document Type: Article

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