Integrated measurement of equilibrium equivalent radon and thoron concentrations using cellulose nitrate film

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 689-699

  Tokonami, S ^a,b   Iimoto, T ^c   Ichiji, T ^c   Tanaka, N ^c   Kurosawa, R ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

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

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; CELLULOSE FILMS; INSTRUMENT DISPLAYS; NITROCELLULOSE; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; POLONIUM; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADON; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EQUILIBRIUM EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATION (EEC) MONITOR; THORON; VIRTUAL COLLIMATING SYSTEM;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0030231951     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)82883-1     Document Type: Article

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