Calculation of dose conversion factors for thoron decay products

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 447-456

  Ishikawa, Tetsuo ^a   Tokonami, Shinji ^a   Nemeth, Csaba ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DECAY (ORGANIC); DOSIMETRY; JAPAN; RADON; TISSUE;

DECAY PRODUCTS; DOSE PER EQUILIBRIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT; THORON;

ISOTOPES;

RADON 220;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLE; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 36749040887     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/27/4/005     Document Type: Article

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