Personal and home 222Rn and gamma-ray exposure measured in 52 dwellings.

Abstract:

:A personal 222Rn and gamma-ray detector has been developed. The detector precision is limited only by the Poisson counting error and has a lower limit of detection in this study of 4.5 kBq m-3 h (4 pCi L-1 day). The detector was used in a study of 52 homes in Illinois to measure the personal exposure vs. the simultaneous exposure on all levels of the home. The ratio of personal exposure to basement 222Rn concentration averaged 0.22, with a high degree of scatter (R2 = 31%). The ratio of personal exposure to first floor 222Rn concentration was 0.71, with good correlation (R2 = 85%). In the absence of personal monitoring data, the best estimate of personal exposure appears to be from measurements in the first-floor living space of the home.

journal_name

Health Phys

journal_title

Health physics

authors

Harley NH,Chittaporn P,Roman MH,Sylvester J

doi

10.1097/00004032-199112000-00004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-12-01 00:00:00

pages

737-44

issue

6

eissn

0017-9078

issn

1538-5159

journal_volume

61

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