Radiation dose to the human respiratory tract from inhalation of radon- 222 and its progeny

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 783-790

  El Hussein, A ^a   Ahmed, A A ^a   Mohammed, A ^a  

^a El Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADON;

HUMAN RESPIRATORY TRACT;

DOSIMETRY;

BISMUTH; BISMUTH 214; LEAD; LEAD 214; POLONIUM; POLONIUM 214; POLONIUM 218; RADON 222; RADON DAUGHTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ALPHA RADIATION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; INHALATION; MOUTH BREATHING; NOSE BREATHING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AEROSOLS; CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0032128466     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)10002-1     Document Type: Article

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