Deposition patterns of inhaled radon decay products in human bronchial airway bifurcations

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Hofmann, W ^a   Heistracher, T ^a   Balashazy I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

HUMAN BRONCHIAL AIRWAY BIFURCATIONS; IDEALIZED BIFURCATION MODEL; PARTICLE DEPOSITION PATTERNS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORY MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICALLY REALISTIC BIFURCATION MODEL;

RADON;

DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; RADON;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CILIARY MOTILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030741122     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00205-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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