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1 online resource. |
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Environmental health--physical, chemical and biological factors
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Chemistry research and applications
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Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)
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Chemistry research and applications series.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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HANDBOOK OF RADON ; HANDBOOK OF RADON ; Contents; Preface; Spatial and Temporal Variations of Soil-Radon Activity in Fault Zones of the Pribaikalie (East Siberia, Russia); Institute of the Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch of RAS., Russia; Abstract; Introduction; Geological Overview, Objects and Types of Studies; Method of Field Data Acquisition and Processing; Research Methods and Field Data; Structural and Geomorphological Studies; Studies of Soil-Radon Concentrations (Rn222); Specific Methods of Data Processing; Results. |
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Variations of Soil-Radon Activity Along the Profiles Across the Fault Systems and Fault Zones of the Baikal RiftThe Bayanday-Krestovsky Cape and Kudara-Tarbagatay Profiles; Section of the Bayanday-Krestovsky Cape Profile (11.5-16.5 km); Detailed Profiles of the Priolkhonie and the Southern Priangarie; Temporary Variations of Soil-Radon Concentrations in the Faults of the Priolkhonie Revealed by Regular and Permanent Measurements of Parameter Q; Regular (Summer-Time) Measurements on the Profiles Across the Kurkut Sinistral. |
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Strike-Slip Fault and the Tyrgan-Kuchelga Normal Fault in the PriolkhonieMonitoring of Soil-Radon Concentrations at the Tyrgan Station; Discussion; Soil-Radon Activity Patters in the Fault Zones of the Central Pribaikalie; Soil-Radon Activity Variations in Time at the Faults in the Central Pribaikalie; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Radon: Its Properties and Applications; Abstract; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Radon: An Overview; 1.2.1. Sources of Radon; 1.2.2. Properties of Radon; 1.3. Ranges of Alpha-Particles and Recoil Nuclei; 1.4. Indoor Radon. |
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1.4.1. General Entry Routes for Indoor Radon1.4.2. Factors Affecting the Indoor Radon; 1.5. Soil Gas Radon; 1.6. Applications of Radon Study; 1.6.1. Earthquake Prediction; 1.6.2. Study of Atmospheric Transport; 1.6.3. Medical Application; 1.6.4. Radon: A Messenger; 1.7. Health Risk of Radon; 1.8. Radon and Lung Cancer; 1.9. Radon Concentration at Defferent Depths; Conclusion; References; Beta and Gamma Dose Assessment due to Radon Short Lived Progeny; University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, R. Domanovic 12, Kragujevac, Serbia, Russia; 1. Introduction. |
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2. Jacobi Model of Radon and Its ProgenyBehavior in Dwellings; 3. Electron Absorbed Fractions -- AF in Sensitive Layers of BB and BB Region; 3.1. ''Electron Gamma Shower'' Transport Code EGS4; 3.2. PENELOPE Software and Simulation; 3.3. Absorbed Fractions of Electrons; 4. Doses from Beta Radiation in Sensitive Layers of Human Lung and Dose Conversion Factors due to 222RN Progeny; 4.1. Doses in Sensitive Layers and DCF; 4.2. Dependence of DCF on Some Environmental Parameters; 5. Gamma and Beta Doses in Human Organs due to Radon Progeny in Human Lung; 5.1. Doses in Organs; 5.2. Conclusion. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Radon -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Radon. |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Atmospheric radon -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Atmospheric radon. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Li, Zachary.
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Feng, Christopher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Handbook of radon Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2012. 9781621001775 (hardcover) (DLC) 2011033134 |
| ISBN |
9781621003694 (ebook) |
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9781621001775 (hardcover) |
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1621001776 |
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1621003698 |
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9781621003694 |
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