Suitability of air sampling locations downstream of bends and static mixing elements

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 703-712

  McFarland, Andrew R ^b   Gupta, Rajiv ^b   Anand, N K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air sampling; Airborne; Atmospheric; Effluents; Emissions; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CALIBRATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032730031     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199912000-00015     Document Type: Review

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