Curve fitting air sample filter decay curves to estimate transuranic content

Health Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-91

  Hayes, Robert B ^b   Chiou, Hung Cheng ^a  

^a WIPP Site   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air sampling; Computer calculations; Monitoring, air; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; HALF-LIFE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URANIUM;

EID: 0348108280     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200401000-00010     Document Type: Article

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