Difficulties in radon measurements at workplaces

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-234

  Kávási, Norbert ^a   Kovács, Tibor ^a   Németh, Csaba ^a   Szabó, Tibor ^b   Gorjánácz, Zorán ^c   Várhegyi, András ^c   Hakl, József ^d   Somlai, János ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b Hospital of Tapolca   (Hungary)

^c Mecsek Ore Environment   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Radon; Workplaces

Indexed keywords

RADON; URANIUM MINES;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; INTEGRATED METHOD; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON MEASUREMENTS; WORKPLACES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84924019976     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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