Experimental Determination of the Absorption Rate of Unattached Radon Progeny from Respiratory Tract to Blood

• Published in: Radiation protection dosimetry Vol. 102; no. 4; pp. 343 - 348
• Main Authors: Butterweck, G., Schuler, Ch, Vessù, G., Müller, R., W. Marsh, J., Thrift, S., Birchall, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.01.2002
• Subjects: Absorption; Administration, Inhalation; Aerosols; Biological and medical sciences; Calibration; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Humans; Medical sciences; Radiometry - methods; Radon - pharmacokinetics; Radon Daughters; Respiratory System - metabolism; Sensitivity and Specificity

An exposure methodology was developed for the determination of the absorption rate of unattached radon progeny deposited in the human respiratory tract to blood. Twenty-one volunteers were exposed in a radon chamber during well-controlled aerosol and radon progeny conditions, with predominantly unat...