Influence of air flow on the behavior of thoron and its progeny in a traditional Japanese house

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-91

  Ma, Jizeng ^a,b   Yonehara, Hidenori ^a,c   Aoyama, Takashi ^a   Doi, Masahiro ^c   Kobayashi, Sadayoshi ^c   Sakanoue, Masanobu ^d  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE FOR RADIATION PROTECTION   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cancer; radioactivity, environmental; radon; radon progeny

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADON 220; RADON DAUGHTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HOUSEHOLD; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

THORON;

EID: 0031025866     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199701000-00011     Document Type: Article

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