A new technique for preliminary estimates of TRU activity on air sample filters and radiological smears

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-436

  Hayes, Robert ^a  

^a Radiological Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Naturally occurring radionuclides; Spectrometry, alpha; Waste management

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITOR; AIR SAMPLING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FILTER; HEALTH PHYSICS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADON DAUGHTERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 4644242768     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200410000-00011     Document Type: Article

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