A novel approach for long-term determination of indoor 222Rn progeny equilibrium factor using nuclear track detectors

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 506, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 186-198

  Amgarou, K ^a   Font, Ll ^a   Baixeras, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

222Rn progeny; Equilibrium factor; Nuclear track detectors

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALPHA PARTICLES; DOSIMETRY; POLONIUM; RADON; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0038715743     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01366-4     Document Type: Article

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