Measurement of radon concentration in ground water using RAD7 and assessment of average annual dose in the environs of NITJ, Punjab, India

Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 508-511

  Badhan, Komal ^a   Mehra, Rohit ^a   Sonkawade, R G ^b  

^a DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Etching; LR 115 detectors; Optical microscope; RAD7; Radon

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049297132     PISSN: 00195596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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