Indoor radon measurement and effective dose assessment of 150 apartments in Mashhad, Iran

Mowlavi, Ali Asghar; Fornasier, Maria Rosa; Binesh, Ailreza; Denaro, Mario de

doi:10.1007/s10661-011-2022-x

Cited by 32 publications

(17 citation statements)

References 7 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This is a much more conservative figure than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action level of 148 Bq/m 3 [17], which has been the USA standard for many years [18]. The upper limit value of radon by TAEK is 400 Bq/m In this study, we calculated annual effective dose utilizing UNSCEAR's guidelines [19].…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determination of Radon Concentration by Using CR-39 Plastic Track Detectors in Dwellings of Bingöl and Mus Provinces of Turkey

Koç¹,

Ekıncı²,

Cinan³

et al. 2017

Asian J. Chem.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Measurements of indoor radon have a critical role in monitoring human health and safety. In this study, measurements of radon in the houses of Bingöl and Mus provinces and in their surrounding villages were performed by using CR-39 nuclear track detectors. Bingöl and Mus Provinces of Turkey have the severe terrestrial climate with hot and dry summers and cold and snowy winters for a long period. Therefore, people who spend much of their time at home have a greater risk for being exposed.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determination of Radon Concentration by Using CR-39 Plastic Track Detectors in Dwellings of Bingöl and Mus Provinces of Turkey

Koç¹,

Ekıncı²,

Cinan³

et al. 2017

Asian J. Chem.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Method 3 involved estimating the annual effective dose (Dy) due to a particular concentration of radon using equation (4) or (5) (Örgün et al 2008;Ali Asghar Mowlavi et al 2012): …”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Estimates of the dose of radon and its progeny inhaled inside buildings

Ravikumar

Somashekar

2013

European Journal of Environmental Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The concentration of radon in the air in buildings ranged from 1.87 ± 3.24 Bq/m 3 to 14.27 ± 1.50 Bq/m 3 with a mean of 6.31 ± 3.47 Bq/m 3 while that of the progeny of radon varied from 0.007 to 0.057 WL (average: 0.025). The mean indoor concentration of radon was considerably less than the lower levels prescribed by EPA (148 Bq/m 3 ), WHO (100 Bq/m 3 ), EEC (400 Bq/m 3 ), ICRP (200-600 Bq/m 3 ) and NRPB (200 Bq/m 3 ). The annual effective equivalent dose of indoor radon (< 0.8 mSv/y) that the bronchial and pulmonary regions of human lungs are exposed to (<0.8 mSv/y) is less than the UNSCEAR and WHO recommended global lower average dose value of 1 mSv/y. The lifetime fatality risk of exposure to the progeny of radon (PAEC) varied from 0.03 × 10 −4 to 0.19 × 10 −4 , with an average value of 0.08 ± 0.04 × 10 −4 .

show abstract

“…where (n =0.8), (8760) and (170) represent the total amount of hours in one year and in the working month, respectively. 3-The annual effective dose (AED) can be estimated from the relation [9][10][11]:…”

Section: Experimental Techniquementioning

confidence: 99%

Indoor Radon Concentrations Measurements for Selected Dwellings in Some Baghdad Districts – Iraq

Ahmed

Mhana

Hassan

et al. 2019

MJS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this work, measurements of indoor radon concentrations were completed for selected dwellings in Baghdad governorate using DURRIDGE RAD7 detector. The spectra measured by this detector demonstrated that, the radon concentrations were changed from 89 Bq/m 3 (Hay Ur district) to 191 Bq/m 3 (Al-Mansour district) with an average value of 123.3±24.3 Bq/m 3 which is below the recommended range (200-300 Bq/m 3 ) given by (ICRP, 2009). All other studied parameters such as EP, PAEC, AED and CPPP their values were less than or corresponding to the allowed worldwide average values.

show abstract

Indoor radon measurement and effective dose assessment of 150 apartments in Mashhad, Iran

Cited by 32 publications

References 7 publications

Determination of Radon Concentration by Using CR-39 Plastic Track Detectors in Dwellings of Bingöl and Mus Provinces of Turkey

Determination of Radon Concentration by Using CR-39 Plastic Track Detectors in Dwellings of Bingöl and Mus Provinces of Turkey

Estimates of the dose of radon and its progeny inhaled inside buildings

Indoor Radon Concentrations Measurements for Selected Dwellings in Some Baghdad Districts – Iraq

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About