Bio-kinetics of radon ingested from drinking water

T Ishikawa1, Y Narazaki, Y Yasuoka

  • 1Radon Research Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8555, Japan. tetsuo_i@nirs.go.jp

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