Combined diffusive and advective transport of radon in a homogeneous column of dry sand

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-63

  Van Der Spoel, W H ^b   Van Der Graaf, E R ^b   De Meijer, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

222Rn; Dose assessment; Modeling; Radon; Soil

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; SAND; SOIL;

EID: 0031973854     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199801000-00006     Document Type: Article

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