Indoor radon survey in Shiraz-Iran using developed passive measurement method

Iranian Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-182

  Hadad, K ^a   Hakimdavoud, M R ^a   Hashemi Tilehnoee, M ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CR 39; Effective dose; Electrochemical etching; Indoor radon; Radon atlas

Indexed keywords

RADON 222;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DWELLING AGE; FLOOR TYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IRAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEAN ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84855891386     PISSN: 23223243     EISSN: 17284562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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