Radon exhalation rates and gamma doses from ceramic tiles

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 630-639

  O'Brien, R S ^a   Aral, H ^b   Peggie, J R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

222Rn; Dose assessment; Exhalation rate; Gamma radiation

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADON 222; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CERAMICS; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY;

EID: 0031797307     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199812000-00007     Document Type: Article

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