Microdosimetry of radon progeny alpha particles in bronchial airway bifurcations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 382-394

  Fakir, Hatim ^a,b   Hofmann, W ^b   Aubineau Laniece I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; URANIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; LUNG CANCER; MICRODOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; URANIUM MINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALPHA PARTICLES; BRONCHI; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON DAUGHTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646263860     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci314     Document Type: Article

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