Radon and thoron exposures for cave residents in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces

Radiation Research

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 390-396

  Tokonami, Shinji ^a   Sun, Quanfu ^b   Akiba, Suminori ^c   Zhuo, Weihai ^a   Furukawa, Masahide ^a   Ishikawa, Tetsuo ^a   Hou, Changsong ^b   Zhang, Shouzhi ^b   Narazaki, Yukinori ^d   Ohji, Baku ^a   Yonehara, Hidenori ^a   Yamada, Yuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b National Institute for Radiological Protection   (China)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; RADON; RADON 220;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CAVE RESIDENT; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EQUILIBRIUM EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE RATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SHAANXI PROVINCE; SHANXI PROVINCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; HOUSING; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

THORON;

EID: 6344261444     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3237     Document Type: Article

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