An investigation on radon and thoron response of alpha-track detectors used in the Winnipeg case-Control study

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-86

  Chen, Jing ^a   Walker, Bill ^a   Sorimachi, Atsuyuki ^b   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^b   Tokonami, Shinji ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70949088800     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp177     Document Type: Article

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