Theory of radon exhalation into accumulators placed at the soil-atmosphere interface

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-318

  Mayya, Y S ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SOIL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEADY STATE;

ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 7944229255     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch346     Document Type: Article

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