Nasal deposition of ultrafine 218Po aerosols in human subjects

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1125-1132

  Swift, David L ^a   Strong, John C ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Harwell Lab   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLONIUM; RADON;

CONSTANT FLOW RATES; HUMAN SUBJECTS; NASAL AIRWAY; NASAL DEPOSITION MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE DIAMETER; RADON PROGENY AEROSOLS; ULTRAFINE AEROSOLS;

AEROSOLS;

POLONIUM; RADON DAUGHTER;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY DEPOSITION; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030271340     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-8502(96)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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