Simultaneous 222Rn and 220Rn measurements in Winnipeg, Canada

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-78

  Chen, Jing ^a   Schroth, Eveline ^b   MacKinlay, Esther ^c   Fife, Ingvar ^c   Sorimachi, Atsuyuki ^d   Tokonami, Shinji ^d  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON 220; RADON 222; RADON; THORIUM;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HOUSING; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HOUSING; RADON; THORIUM;

EID: 66449123059     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp065     Document Type: Article

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