Variation in indoor thoron levels in Mexico City dwellings.

Abstract:

:This paper presents the results obtained for thoron concentration in 50 single-family dwellings in normal occupancy conditions (open house conditions), measured by a passive electret system (type E-PERM, SSTB configuration) in a 2001-2002 monitoring survey in the Metropolitan Zone of Mexico City. The results show the general log-normal distribution of integrated indoor thoron concentration with annual arithmetic and geometric means of 82 and 55 Bq m(-3), respectively, with ranges from 8 to 234 Bq m(-3) higher than world average of 3 Bq m(-3). The seasonal variation shows the minimum mean values in the summer season that were 35% lower than in autumn.

journal_name

Radiat Prot Dosimetry

authors

Martinez T,Navarrete M,Gonzalez P,Ramírez A

doi

10.1093/rpd/nch371

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-01-01 00:00:00

pages

111-3

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1

eissn

0144-8420

issn

1742-3406

pii

111/1/111

journal_volume

111

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