Effective dose assessment due to inhalation of 222Rn, 220Rn, and their progeny: highlighting the major contribution of thoron in a thoron-prone area in Cameroon-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Effective dose assessment due to inhalation of 222Rn, 220Rn, and their progeny: highlighting the major contribution of thoron in a thoron-prone area in Cameroon

Published:2024-07-20 Issue:3 Volume:63 Page:357-369
ISSN:0301-634X
Container-title:Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
language:en
Short-container-title:Radiat Environ Biophys

Author:

Djeufack Léonard Boris,Hamadou Issa,Kranrod Chutima,Mishra Rosaline,Hosoda Masahiro,Sapra Balvinder K.,Saïdou ,Tokonami Shinji

Funder

Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Cameroon

Hirosaki University

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00411-024-01082-3.pdf

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