Radiation doses due to indoor radon concentration in Tafila district, Jordan

Research Journal of Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-75

  Salameh, B ^a   Abu Haija, O ^a   Ajlouni, A W ^a   Abdelsalam, M ^a  

^a TAFILA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Annual effective dose; CR 39 detector; Exposure time; Radon concentration; Radon gas

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JORDAN; MICROSCOPY; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 78649725002     PISSN: 18193420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjet.2011.71.75     Document Type: Article

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