Validity of a single-sampler bronchial dosimeter for radon progeny

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 29, 1999, Pages 4935-4940

  Yu, K N ^a   Guan, Z J ^a   Cheung, T T K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bronchial dose; Dosimeter; Radon; Radon progeny

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY MEDIAN DIAMETER (AMD); POTENTIAL ALPHA ENERGY CONCENTRATIONS (PAEC);

DOSIMETRY; SAMPLING;

RADON;

RADON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; DOSIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

EID: 0033486440     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00283-6     Document Type: Article

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