Experimental verification of the attachment theory of radon progeny onto ambient aerosols

Health Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-79

  Tokonami, Shinji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

222Rn; Aerosols; Radioactivity, airborne; Radon progeny

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 0033989556     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200001000-00012     Document Type: Article

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