Daily variations of indoor air-ion and radon concentrations

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2062-2067

  Kolarz P M ^a   Filipovic D M ^a   Marinkovic B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Air ions; Exhalation; Gerdien condenser; Indoor air; Radon concentration

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ATMOSPHERIC TRACES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXHALATION; GERDIEN CONDENSER; HUMAN HEALTH; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR EXPERIMENT; INDOOR MEASUREMENT; INDOOR SPACE; ION CONCENTRATIONS; ION DETECTORS; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; LUNG CANCER; PEAK VALUES; RADON ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; RADON CONCENTRATION; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON GAS; RADON MONITORS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); COSMOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZING RADIATION; IONS; MINERALS;

RADON;

RADON;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; IONIZATION; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SERBIA;

EID: 69649085265     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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