Radon concentrations in schools of the Neapolitan area

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-130

  Venoso, G ^b   De Cicco, F ^b   Flores, B ^d   Gialanella, L ^a   Pugliese, M ^a,b   Roca, V ^a,b   Sabbarese, C ^a,c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DE CHIMBORAZO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Etched track detectors; Log normal distribution; School indoor radon

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; RADON; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

ARITHMETIC MEANS; DATA DISTRIBUTIONS; ETCHED TRACK DETECTORS; GEOMETRIC MEANS; LOG NORMALS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; LR-115 DETECTORS; METROPOLITAN AREAS; NUCLEAR-TRACK DETECTORS; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON SURVEYS; REFERENCE LEVELS; SCHOOL INDOOR RADON; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 60249091013     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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