In vivo measurement of unattached radon progeny deposited in the human respiratory tract

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 247-250

  Butterweck, G ^a   Vezzu G ^a   Schuler, C H ^a   Muller R ^a   Marsh, J W ^a   Thrift, S ^a   Birchall, A ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; LEAD; POLONIUM; RADON DAUGHTER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOUTH BREATHING; NOSE BREATHING; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035048762     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006496     Document Type: Article

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