The usability of wood as a volume trap for the purpose of retrospective radon exposure assessment

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 657-663

  Paridaens, Johan ^a   Vanmarcke, Hans ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

210Po; Exposure, radiation; Monitors, radiation; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; HALF LIFE TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; WOOD;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; POLONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 0032896677     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199906000-00009     Document Type: Article

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