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Handbook of radon : properties, applications, and health /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)
Chemistry research and applications series. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.