Published 2009 | Version v1
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Indoor radon and its short-lived daughter products measurements in the urban dwellings of Northern India

Creators

  • 1. Department of Applied Physics, Z.H. College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India)

Description

Radon and its progeny have been recognized as one of the major contributors to the natural radiation and health hazards in the human dwellings, if it is present in enhanced levels. Measurements of indoor radon and its progeny have been carried out using the cellulose nitrate plastic track detectors, LR-115 type-II in the urban dwellings of the Etah district of Uttar Pradesh province in Northern India. The detectors were used in bare mode and exposed in the dwellings. The detectors were retrieved and analyzed in our laboratory for the calculation of radon and its progeny. The results have been compared with the results found out in the rural areas of the same district. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of DAE-BRNS symposium on nuclear and radiochemistry

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of DAE-BRNS symposium on nuclear and radiochemistry
Imprint Pagination
679 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 601-602

Conference

Title
9. symposium on nuclear and radiochemistry
Acronym
NUCAR 2009
Dates
7-10 Jan 2009
Place
Mumbai (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
40097062
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BUILDING MATERIALS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INDOOR AIR CONTAMINATION; POLONIUM 218; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON
Descriptors DEC
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CONTAMINATION; DOSES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FLUIDS; GASES; HAZARDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MONITORING; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; POLONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE GASES

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