The compact disk as radon detector - A laboratory study of the method

Health Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 642-651

  Pressyanov, D S ^a   Buysse, J ^b   Poffijn, A ^b   Meesen, G ^b   Van Deynse, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Detector, etched track; Naturally occurring radionuclides; Radiation protection; Radon

Indexed keywords

POLONIUM; RADON; RADON 220; RADON 222; RADON DAUGHTER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPACT DISK; DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TEMPERATURE;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CALIBRATION; COMPACT DISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMIDITY; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; PRESSURE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037403743     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200305000-00011     Document Type: Article

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