Variation of radon (222Rn) progeny concentrations in outdoor air as a function of time, temperature and relative humidity

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-217

  Singh, Kulwant ^a   Singh, Manmohan ^a   Singh, Surinder ^a   Sahota, H S ^b   Papp, Z ^c  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Sri Sai College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Meteorological factors; Outdoor air; Radon; Radon progeny; Time variation

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METEOROLOGY; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; WIND EFFECTS;

GRAB SAMPLING METHOD; OUTDOOR AIR; RADON PROGENY; TIME VARIATION;

RADON;

EID: 9544255698     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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