CR-39 track detectors applied to measurements of 210Po embedded in household glass

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Trotti, F ^a   Mozzo, P ^a   Temporin, A ^a   Lanciai, M ^a   Predicatori, F ^a   Righetti, F ^a   Tacconi, A ^a  

^a POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DOSIMETERS; GLASS; POLONIUM; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC IMAGE DIGITIZERS; TRACK DETECTORS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

GLASS; RADON;

AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030795898     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00194-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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