Calculation of the air concentrations of serially decaying nuclides - A new method applied to radon progeny

Health Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-254

  Heikkinen, M S A ^a   Harley, N H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Computer calculations; Environmental; Radioactivity; Radon progeny

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; LEAD; POLONIUM; RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

EID: 0035137736     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200103000-00007     Document Type: Article

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