Dose conversion factor for radon concentration in indoor environments using a new equation for the F-f(p) correlation

Health Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-85

  Vargas, Arturo ^a   Ortega, Xavier ^b   Porta, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Effective dose; Radioactivity, natural; Radon progeny

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

EID: 0033988232     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200001000-00013     Document Type: Article

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