Seasonality of 214Bi activity in the human body and of 222Rn concentration in home ambient air

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 484-487

  Momčilović, Berislav ^a   Lykken, Glenn I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

222Rn, indoor; Exposure, population; Radon progeny; Whole body counting

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH 214; BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; RADON 222; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ART; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; BISMUTH; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH DAKOTA; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 34247128761     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000252307.09962.ad     Document Type: Article

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