Determination of Lead-210 and its Progenies in Aerosol Fractions of Different Particles Sizes

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 173-176

  Wallner, Gabriele ^a   Irlweck, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

210Bi; 210Pb; 210Po; Aerosol; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000836763     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1997.78.special-issue.173     Document Type: Article

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