Continuous measurement of the equilibrium factor F and the unattached fraction f(p) of radon progeny in the environment

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Tokonami, Shinji ^a   Iimoto, Takeshi ^b   Kurosawa, Ryuhei ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GLASS FIBERS; POLONIUM; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EQUILIBRIUM EQUIVALENT RADON CONCENTRATION;

RADON;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; POLONIUM; RADON 220; RADON 222 DAUGHTER; RADON DAUGHTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030789041     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00163-8     Document Type: Article

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