A review of indoor and outdoor radon equilibrium factors—Part I: 222Rn

J Chen, NH Harley - Health physics, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Radon exposure limits are given in terms of radon gas concentration in the air. However, in
the calculation of radon dose to the lung, the radon equilibrium equivalent concentration is …

National survey of indoor radon levels in Croatia

V Radolic, B Vukovic, D Stanic, M Katic, Z Faj… - … of radioanalytical and …, 2006 - osti.gov
National survey of indoor radon was performed by a random sampling of thousand (782
realized) dwellings in Croatia. Radon concentrations were measured for one year with LR …

Medidas dos níveis de radônio em diferentes tipos de ambientes internos na região da Baixada Santista, SP

LP Geraldo, W Santos, AL Marques, A Botari - Radiologia Brasileira, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
OBJETIVO: Exposições a altos níveis do gás radioativo radônio podem causar câncer de
pulmão e, conseqüentemente, o conhecimento da concentração deste gás em ambientes …

Dose assessment due to radon concentrations in schools and dwellings of Algiers

D Amrani - Radiation protection dosimetry, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Indoor radon measurements were performed in public schools at different locations, as well
as in dwellings of Algiers. Indoor radon was measured by means of solid state nuclear track …

[PDF][PDF] STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF RADON CONCENTRATION IN UNDERGROUND GOLDMINE

T Adjirackor, F Sam, I Opoku-Ntim, PK Gyekye - 2024 - academia.edu
Radon concentrations and environmental factors were collected monthly over a period of
one year in 10 different levels in an underground goldmine to determine the effect of …

[PDF][PDF] Radiological Study of Radon Gas in Underground Goldmine

T Adjirackor, F Sam, I Opoku-Ntim, PK Gyekye - 2024 - academia.edu
Indoor radon concentrations were collected monthly over a period of one year in 10 different
levels in an underground goldmine to determine the radiological impact on workers. The …

[PDF][PDF] Asessment of indoor radon distribution in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

TO Santos, Z Rocha, A Barreto… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2009 - rbciamb.com.br
Human beings are exposed to ionizing radiation from many natural sources. Radon and its
progeny have been recognized as the most important contributors to the natural radioactivity …

Indoor radon and lung cancer: a case-control study

B Vuković, D Faj, V Radolić… - Isotopes in Environ Health …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Lung-cancer risk to the general population from indoor radon remains controversial,
although studies of radon exposure have established that radon decay products have been …

Radon in soil and homes of Osijek

J Planinic, B Vukovic, Z Faj, V Radolic, D Stanic - 2002 - osti.gov
Radon, 2 {sup 22R} n, is an inert radioactive gas which arises from decay of 2 {sup 26R} a
and ultimately from 2 {sup 38U}. These parent elements are ubiquitous in the crust of the …

Proposal for a new methodology for dose calculation of radon and progeny exposure

LC Takahashi - inis.iaea.org
[en] Radon decay products or radon progeny are solid particles of positive electrical charge
emitters of predominantly alpha radiation. A fraction of these products attached to aerosols …