210Po and 210Pb concentration of cigarettes traded in Hungary and their estimated dose contribution due to smoking

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1737-1741

  Kovács, Tibor ^a   Somlai, János ^a   Nagy, Katalin ^b   Szeiler, Gábor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b Markhot Ferenc County Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

210Pb; 210Po; Cigarette; Dose assessment; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE FILTERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HUNGARY; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPES; TOBACCO;

CIGARETTE; DOSE ASSESSMENT;

POLONIUM;

EID: 36348994283     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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