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Document ID (ISN)30382
CIS number 78-1915
Year 1977
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Rock R.L., Beckman R.T.
Title Measurements of some of the factors which influence the radon daughter health hazard.
Bibliographic information MESA Informational Report 1067/1977, Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, USA, 1977. 12p. 9 ref.
Abstract Measurements were made in 4 underground uranium mines. Results are given for: unattached daughter concentrations, condensation nuclei concentrations, radon to radon daughter equilibrium ratios, radon emanation rates, and γ-radiation dose rates.
Descriptors (primary) radon daughters; monitoring for air contamination; uranium mining; radioactive substances
Descriptors (secondary) USA; report; exposure evaluation; gamma radiation; radon
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Radiation
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Inorganic substances
Radon
Mining and quarrying