Sensitivity to thoron of an SSNTD-based passive radon measuring device: Experimental evaluation and implications for radon concentration measurements and risk assessment

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 1024-1027

  Bochicchio, F ^a   Ampollini, M ^a   Tommasino, L ^b   Sorimachi, A ^c   Tokonami, S ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b THL   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

LR 115 sensitivity; Lung cancer; Radon; Thoron

Indexed keywords

DECAY PRODUCTS; DEGREES OF EFFECTIVENESS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; INDOOR AIR; ITALIAN REGIONS; LOW DENSITY; LR 115 DETECTOR; LR 115 SENSITIVITY; LUNG CANCER; MEASURING DEVICE; PASSIVE DEVICES; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON EXPOSURE; REGIONAL SURVEYS; SENSITIVE VOLUME; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS; TRACK DENSITY;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC REACTORS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; PASSIVE FILTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOLID STATE DEVICES; SURVEYS;

RADON;

EID: 70949086980     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.10.090     Document Type: Article

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