An experimental analysis of the contribution of 210Po and of 210Po produced by 210Pb decay to the gross alpha-particle activity of water samples

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-316

  Arndt, Michael F ^a   West, Lynn E ^a  

^a WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

210Po; Alpha particles; Environmental radioactivity; Water

Indexed keywords

POLONIUM; LEAD;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HALF LIFE TIME; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HALF-LIFE; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 51549099069     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000315807.81067.04     Document Type: Article

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