Exposure to radon in the radon spa Niška Banja, Serbia

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 443-450

  Nikolov, J ^a   Todorovic, N ^a   Pantic, T Petrovic ^b   Forkapic, S ^a   Mrdja, D ^a   Bikit, I ^a   Krmar, M ^a   Veskovic, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b Geological Institute of Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Occupational dose; Radon spa

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HIGH-CONTENT; INDOOR RADON; OCCUPATIONAL DOSE; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON LEVEL; WATER ACTIVITY;

LAKES;

RADON;

EID: 84861938976     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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