Preface |
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Organizing Committee |
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Programming Committee |
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Symposium Photo |
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A Measurements and calibration |
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Instruments and methods for measuring radon/thoron and their progeny: calibrations, intercomparisons and particle size |
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Passive methods for environmental radon and thoron monitoring |
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18 | (10) |
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A prospective assessment of (210)Po surface collection for estimating (222)Rn exposure |
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28 | (11) |
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Intercomparison of passive radon dosimeters developed by NIRS (Japan) and SSI (Sweden) |
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39 | (6) |
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Thoron intercalibration procedurers |
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45 | (5) |
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Control of radon concentrations in a radon chamber |
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50 | (6) |
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A calibration facility for radon fluxmeter |
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56 | (5) |
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Evaluation of factors influencing measurements of environmental (222)Rn Concentrations -- 1 |
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61 | (6) |
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Prototype exposure chamber of radon for animal experiments |
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67 | (6) |
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Size selective performance of low pressure Andersen sampler and its application to activity size distribution of radon progeny |
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73 | (6) |
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Size distribution of atmospheric radioactive aerosols and its measurement |
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79 | (6) |
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Electrical mobility of radioactive small Ions ((218)Po) in the atmosphere |
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85 | (5) |
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Time variation of (222)Rn concentration and gamma level in a half -- basement room |
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90 | (6) |
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New three -- count technique for short -- lived radon decay products in air |
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96 | (5) |
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Development and calibration of a high sensitive radon detector in air |
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101 | (6) |
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Detection efficiency of LR-115 using a new measurement device |
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107 | (6) |
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B Radon and thoron related to the earthquake |
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Radon, gas geochemistry, groundwater and earthquakes |
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115 | (9) |
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Radon observation for earthquake prediction |
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124 | (7) |
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Geological fault exploration and earthquake prediction using radon |
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131 | (10) |
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Research in using radon content variation to predict earthquakes in China |
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141 | (9) |
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Monitoring of radon activity in the tunnel and out-flow water from mining pit of former Ogoya Copper Mine and radon anomaly related to earthquake of September 10, 1996 at Komatsu area, Japan |
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150 | (7) |
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Variation in radon exhalation from the ground on the active fault in Kobe |
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157 | (4) |
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Has radon emission any relation to the formation of atmospheric preseismic phenomena? |
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161 | (5) |
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Radon measurements in association with earthquakes |
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166 | (5) |
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EPOSI -- a multiparameter measuring system to earthquake prediction research |
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171 | (5) |
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Vibrations in the urban environment controlling (222)Rn migration in soils |
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176 | (7) |
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Radon in soil gas and groundwater |
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183 | (10) |
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Radon measurements in soil and water and its relation with geology, Garhwal Himalaya, India |
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193 | (6) |
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Prediction of the earthquake in the western Japan from the change of radon concentrations in air |
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199 | (6) |
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C Environmental radon and thoron |
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Modeling radon flux from the earth's surface |
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207 | (11) |
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Modeling of radon transport in porous media |
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218 | (10) |
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Airborne radon concentrations in different environments in Korea |
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228 | (12) |
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The exhalation rate of radon in the atmosphere and the influencing factors |
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240 | (6) |
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Vertical distribution of radon concentrations in the atmosphere |
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246 | (6) |
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The vertical profile of (222)Rn concentration in the lower atmospheric boundary layer at Shimane peninsula |
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252 | (7) |
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Estimates of seasonal variations of (222)Rn from different origins by using the correlation between (222)Rn and (212)Pb concentrations in air |
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259 | (6) |
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Radon daughters in precipitation |
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265 | (6) |
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Time series analysis of atmospheric (222)Rn concentrations and meteorological factors in Japan |
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271 | (5) |
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A subnationwide survey of outdoor and indoor (222)Rn concentrations in China by passive method |
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276 | (6) |
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Environmental effects of radon and its progeny from uranium waste rock piles: part 1 -- measurements by passive and continuous monitors |
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282 | (6) |
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Environmental effects of radon and its progeny from uranium waste rock piles: part 2 -- measurements by grab sampling methods |
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288 | (6) |
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Environmental effects of radon and its progeny from uranium waste rock piles: part 3 -- estimation by dispersion models and experiments |
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294 | (6) |
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Radon measurements on uranium mining and mill tailing in Kalan West Kalimantan Indonesia |
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300 | (6) |
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Is radon a potential risk in geothermal fields? |
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306 | (5) |
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Miners annual exposure and the outlet air |
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311 | (7) |
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Differential radon measurements for outburst prediction in coal mines |
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318 | (6) |
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Role of environmental variables on radon concentration in soil |
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324 | (6) |
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Radon movement simulation in overburden by the "Scattered Packet Method" |
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330 | (7) |
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D Indoor radon and thoron |
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Radon in the United Kingdom |
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339 | (10) |
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Indoor radon levels and measurements in China |
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349 | (7) |
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Assessment of radiation dose from exposure to radon and thoron progeny |
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356 | (11) |
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Study of indoor radon levels in Garhwal Himalayas using solid state nuclear track detector |
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367 | (6) |
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The measurement of thoron concentrations in Australia using the Japanese passive R -T dosimeter |
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373 | (6) |
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Influence of (220)Rn on (222)Rn measurement in Chinese cave dwellings |
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379 | (6) |
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Correlation between nationwide indoor radon and terrestrial gamma survey data in Japan |
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385 | (6) |
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On the long term indoor radon concentration measurements the basement of Japanese hospitals |
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391 | (6) |
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Radon concentrations in wooden houses |
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397 | (6) |
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Radon and thoron daughter concentrations in Romanian houses |
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403 | (4) |
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Radioactivity of some specific underground workplaces in Hungary |
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407 | (6) |
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The influence of the working conditions on the equilibrium factor F and the unattached fraction fp |
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413 | (5) |
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Continuous radon gas measurement along with intermittent radon -- and thoron -- progeny measurement for one year |
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418 | (6) |
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Comparison between indoor and outdoor measurements of Rn -- 220 decay product concentrations and meteorological parameters |
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424 | (5) |
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Effect of humidity on radon exhalation rate from concrete |
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429 | (6) |
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Indoor radon levels in the environs of Guru Nanak Dev University campus |
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435 | (5) |
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(222)Rn concentration in some characteristic dwellings in Cluj, Romania |
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440 | (6) |
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Monitoring and control of the radon hazard in Polish coal mines |
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446 | (9) |
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Radon in houses on area of the Upper Silesian coal basin |
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455 | (8) |
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E Radon in the Water |
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465 | (9) |
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Radon concentrations in Neitaping cold spring |
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474 | (6) |
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Radon concentrations in well water in Sichuan Province, China |
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480 | (5) |
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Long-lived radon daughters, (210)Pb and (210)Po, in volcanic products and hot and mineral spring waters |
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485 | (18) |
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Development of a drinking water standard for (222)Rn in the United States |
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503 | (4) |
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F Dosimetry and health physics |
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Medical experiences in Misasa radon spa (Japan) |
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509 | (6) |
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Biological and therapeutical effects of radon |
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515 | (8) |
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Radon: characteristics in air and dose conversion factors |
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523 | (9) |
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Health effects and radiation dose from exposure to radon indoors |
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532 | (8) |
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Effective dose for radon progeny in Japan |
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540 | (8) |
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Test of the linear -- no threshold theory of radiation carcinogenesis |
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548 | (5) |
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Doses delivered to the lung by radon -- decay products: computations by a stochastic lung model |
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553 | (4) |
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Effects of radon inhalation on physiology and disorders |
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557 | (6) |
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Health effects of low level radiation |
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563 | (6) |
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Approach to publicly acceptable radiation dose unit based on annual dose equivalent dominated by radon exposure |
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569 | (5) |
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Size distributions of radon progeny and their influence on lung dose |
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574 | (3) |
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Author index |
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