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The results of investigations into radon concentration level in dwellings are considered using activated charcoal canisters and track-etched detectors with due regard for geological structure of underlying strata. The statistic analysis is performed. It is shown that long-term monitoring cannot be substituted by a short-term one.
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Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 4, pp. 107–113, July–August, 2004
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Wysocka, M., Chalupnik, S., Skowronek, J. et al. Comparison between short- and long-term measurements of radon concentration in dwellings of upper silesia (Poland). J Min Sci 40, 417–422 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10913-004-0026-4
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