Scientific Note an Investigation on Radon and Thoron Response of Alpha-track Detectors Used in the Winnipeg Case–control Study

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  • Jing Chen
  • Bill Walker
  • Atsuyuki Sorimachi
  • Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • Shinji Tokonami
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AN INVESTIGATION ON RADON AND THORON RESPONSE OF ALPHA-TRACK DETECTORS USED IN THE WINNIPEG CASE–CONTROL STUDY Jing Chen1,*, Bill Walker1, Atsuyuki Sorimachi2, Hiroyuki Takahashi2 and Shinji Tokonami2 Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, 775 Brookfield Road, Ottawa, Canada K1A 1C1 Research Center for Radiation Protection, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan

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تاریخ انتشار 2009