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Effect of cigarette smoke on the measured equivalent volume activity of222Rn in air

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The effect of cigarette smoke in air on the increase of the measured equivalent volume activity of222Rn is demonstrated. After introduction of the smoke from one cigarette into 1 m3 of air, this value increased up to ten times as shown by the method of sucking air through a filter.

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  1. Centra of Radiation Hygiene, National Institute of Public Health, 100 42, Prague 10, Czech Republic

    Š. Tučková

  2. Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 166 10, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    R. Tykva

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Tučková, Š., Tykva, R. Effect of cigarette smoke on the measured equivalent volume activity of222Rn in air. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 187, 131–135 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02162660

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