Indoor cigarette smoking: Uranium contents and carrier of indoor radon products

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 28, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 579-584

  Abu Jarad, F ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Cigarette smoking inside a room; CR 39; Fission fragments, lexan; Plate out of radon daughters; Tobacco; Uranium content; Using a mixing fan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCARBONATES; RADON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOBACCO; URANIUM;

POLYALLYLDIGLYCOL CARBONATE;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0031337741     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00143-1     Document Type: Article

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