Study of spontaneous deposition of 210Po on various metals and application for activity assessment in cigarette smoke

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 409-411

  Karali, T ^a   Olmez S ^a   Yener, G ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE FILTERS; COPPER; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LEAD; METALS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SILVER; SMOKE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT; CIGARETTE SMOKE; COPPER DISCS; METAL DISCS;

POLONIUM;

CIGARETTE SMOKE; POLONIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030130668     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-8043(95)00308-8     Document Type: Article

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