Published January 2016 | Version v1
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Indoor radon monitoring in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, India, for health hazard assessment

Creators

  • 1. Govt. College Sarkaghat, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 175024 (India)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab 144411 (India)
  • 3. National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, NARL, Taipei 106, Taiwan (China)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, Punjab 144004 (India)

Description

In the present study, indoor radon equilibrium equivalent concentration monitoring was carried out using Solid-State Nuclear Track Detectors in some residential areas of the Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, India. The average value of the indoor radon equilibrium equivalent concentration in the study area was found to be 94 Bq m-3, with an annual effective dose of 1.61 mSv. The average value of the indoor radon equilibrium equivalent concentration in the studied areas was found to be higher than the world average indoor radon value of 40 Bq m-3 but lower than the value of the action level 300 Bq m-3, except for two locations. (authors)

Availability note (English)

Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2015024

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1051/radiopro/2015024;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radioprotection
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
no.1
Journal Page Range
p. 47-50
ISSN
0033-8451
CODEN
RAPRBA

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
47086131
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Descriptors DEI
ABUNDANCE; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; INDIA; INDOOR AIR CONTAMINATION; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM DOSEMETERS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; RISK ASSESSMENT
Descriptors DEC
ASIA; BUILDINGS; CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOSEMETERS; DOSES; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; NONMETALS; RARE GASES

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