γ-Spectroscopy investigation of radon daughter deposition on electrostatically charged surfaces

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 487-499

  Batkin, I ^a   Brun Del Re, R ^b   Boutin, J G ^a   Armitage, J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON DAUGHTER;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; EYE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN CANCER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTROSTATICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; EYE; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADON DAUGHTERS; SKIN; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031906770     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/3/002     Document Type: Article

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