Influence of various room parameters upon radon daughter equilibrium indoors

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-201

  Islam, G S ^a,b   Mazumdar, S C ^b   Ashraf, M A ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FISSION PRODUCTS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

ATTACHMENT RATE; EQUILIBRIUM FACTOR; INDOOR RADON DAUGHTER EQUILIBRIUM; VENTILATION RATE;

RADON;

EID: 0030105515     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4487(95)00304-5     Document Type: Article

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