Measurement of equilibrium factor and unattached fraction of radon progeny in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1613-1618

  Chen, Ching Jiang ^a   Liu, Chi Chang ^a   Lin, Y U Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DOSIMETRY; HOSPITALS; VENTILATION;

EQUILIBRIUM FACTOR; RADON PROGENY; UNATTACHED FRACTION;

RADON;

RADON DAUGHTER;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMIDIFIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HOSPITALS; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032404563     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00065-7     Document Type: Article

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