Calculation procedure of potential alpha energy concentration with continuous air sampling

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 937-943

  Tokonami, Shinji ^a   Ichiji, Takeshi ^b,c   Iimoto, Takeshi ^c   Kurosawa, Ryuhei ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

air sampling; alpha particles; radiation; radon progeny

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR SAMPLING; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; INHALATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0029905784     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199612000-00010     Document Type: Article

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