The measurement and assessment of 210Po surface activity on glasses in dwellings

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Fitzgerald, B ^a,b   McLaughlin, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; URANIUM;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DOSIMETRY; GLASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLONIUM; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

BATEMAN EQUATIONS; CORNELIS IMPLANTATION MODEL; JACOBI-PORSTENDORFER ROOM MODEL;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0030363762     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00192-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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