An experimental analysis of some of the factors affecting gross alpha-particle activity with an emphasis on 226Ra and its progeny

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-156

  Arndt, Michael F ^a   West, Lynn E ^a  

^a WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha particles; Radioactivity, environmental; Radium; Water

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; RADIUM 226; WATER;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; WATER SAMPLING;

ALPHA PARTICLES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33846188528     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000238607.28376.64     Document Type: Article

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