Diurnal and seasonal variation of the equilibrium state between short-lived radon decay products and radon gas in ground-level air

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-123

  Winkler, R ^a   Ruckerbauer, F ^a   Trautmannsheimer, M ^a   Tschiersch, J ^a   Karg, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON 222; RADON 222 DAUGHTER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; VELOCITY; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GERMANY; RADON; RAIN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034947502     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110100096     Document Type: Article

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