Unattached fractions, attachment and deposition rates of radon progeny in indoor air

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 515-523

  El Hussein, A ^a  

^a El Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLONIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOISOTOPES; VENTILATION;

ATTACHMENT RATES; DEPOSITION RATES; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; INDOOR AIR; RADON PROGENY; RECOIL FACTOR; SINGLE SCREEN TECHNIQUE; UNATTACHED FRACTIONS;

RADON;

LEAD 214; POLONIUM 214; POLONIUM 218; RADON 222; RADON 222 DAUGHTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030152928     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-8043(96)00001-2     Document Type: Article

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