Annual observations of radon activity concentrations in dwellings of Silesian Voivodeship

Nukleonika

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-375

  Wysocka, Małgorzata ^a   Kozłowska, Beata ^b   Dorda, Jerzy ^b   Kłos, Barbara ^b   Chmielewska, Izabela ^a   Rubin, Jan ^c   Karpińska, Maria ^d   Dohojda, Marek ^e  

^a CENTRAL MINING INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^e BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apartment buildings; Geology; Radon; Seasonal changeability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960884709     PISSN: 00295922     EISSN: 15085791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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