Temporal variation of thoron decay product concentration in the atmosphere and comparison with radon decay product concentration

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-39

  Winkler, R ^b   Aehlig, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD 212; RADON 222 DAUGHTER; THORIUM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; GERMANY; HALF LIFE TIME; METEOROLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; GERMANY; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; PERIODICITY; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

THORON;

EID: 0031865540     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050089     Document Type: Article

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