Special issue of the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: Geogenic radiation and its potential use for developing the geogenic radon map - Foreword.

J Environ Radioact

European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre - JRC, Directorate G - Nuclear Safety & Security, Unit G.10 - Knowledge for Nuclear Safety, Security & Safeguards, Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring, Ispra, Italy.

Published: January 2017


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