Nanosize radon short-lived decay products in the air of the Postojna Cave

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 393, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-38

  Vaupotič, Janja ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Air; Dose conversion factors; Karst cave; Radon short lived radon decay products; Unattached fraction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BAROMETERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RADON;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

NANOPARTICLE; RADON;

BAROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EQUILIBRIUM; RADON; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HUMIDITY; MOUTH BREATHING; NOSE BREATHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SLOVENIA; SUMMER; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SEASONS; SLOVENIA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; POSTOJNA CAVE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39149143013     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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