Diffusive sampling of radon

Health Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-295

  Underhill, Dwight W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon, activated; Charcoal filters; Radon; Sampling

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADSORPTION; AIR SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FILTER; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037367882     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200303000-00001     Document Type: Review

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