Published 1998
| Version v1
Book
Size distributions of radon progeny and their influence on lung dose
Creators
- 1. GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Radiation Protection, Neuherberg (Germany)
Description
Measurements of the size distributions of short-lived radon progeny and the radon equilibrium factor F were carried out in the living room of a swelling, under different aerosol conditions. With the PC-program RADEP of A. Birchall, the dose conversion coefficient DCCRADEP (effective dose per unit exposure to the equilibrium equivalent radon concentration Ceq) was calculated. F and DCCRADEP showed great variations, but they were inversely correlated (correlation coefficient: -0.83). Therefore the effective dose per unit of 222Rn-concentration varied only within a factor of two. This result supports radiation protection measures which are based on long-term measurements of 222Rn-concentrations with passive detectors. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
- Imprint Place
- Singapore (Singapore)
- ISBN
- 981-02-3443-0
- Imprint Title
- Radon and thoron in the human environment
- Imprint Pagination
- 594 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 574-576
Conference
- Title
- 7. Tohwa University international symposium
- Dates
- 23-25 Oct 1997
- Place
- Fukuoka (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Singapore
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 30022333
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; DISTRIBUTION; EQUILIBRIUM; INDOOR AIR CONTAMINATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNGS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSES; RADON
- Descriptors DEC
- AIR POLLUTION; BODY; CONTAMINATION; ELEMENTS; EVALUATION; ISOTOPES; NONMETALS; ORGANS; POLLUTION; RARE GASES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SIZE