Deposition and clearance for radon progeny in the human respiratory tract

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 143-148

  Ishikawa, Tetsuo ^a   Yamada, Y ^a   Fukutsu, K ^a   Tokonami, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; RADON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLEARANCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE BREATHING; PROGENY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0141788175     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006210     Document Type: Article

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