The evaluation of indoor radon exposure in houses

• Autorzy: Karpinska M. , Mnich Z. , Kapala J. , Szpak A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In 2000-07 653 measurements of radon were acquired from houses in Podlasie Province, Poland. In dwelling parts of buildings, arithmetic weighted mean regarding location of the building equal to 72 Bq/m3, which corresponded to 1.8 mSv of the effective dose. Statistically significant differences between radon concentrations in country and city houses were observed. Arithmetic mean of radon concentrations in dwelling parts of houses in rural areas was 111 Bq/m3, while in the city it was 45 Bq/m3. Correlation between radon concentrations in a house and its age was observed. The correlation coefficient was 0.3 at p<0.05.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: 18
• Numer: 6
• Opis fizyczny: p.1005-1012,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Karpinska M.

• Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2A, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland

autor

Mnich Z.

• Department of Statistics and Medical Informatics, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2C, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland

autor

Kapala J.

• Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2A, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland

autor

Szpak A.

• Department of Public Health, Medical University of Bialystok, I Armii Wojska Polskiego 2/2, 15-103 Bialystok, Poland

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