A follow-up studyon indoor 222RN, 220RN and their decay productconcentrations in a mineralised zone of Himachal Pradesh, India

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 553-560

  Bajwa, B S ^a   Singh, Parminder ^a   Singh, Prabhjot ^a   Saini, Komal ^a   Singh, Surinder ^a   Sahoo, B K ^b   Sapra, B K ^b  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; MINERAL; RADON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FOLLOW UP; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SEASON;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDIA; MINERALS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADON; SEASONS;

EID: 84959891152     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncv367     Document Type: Article

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