Radon: Characteristics in air and dose conversion factors

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 300-305

  Porstendörfer, Justin ^b   Reineking, August ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alpha particles; Decay products; Effective dose; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AEROSOL; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; INHALATION; LUNG; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033030209     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199903000-00011     Document Type: Article

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