Published 1988
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Journal article
Radiation exposure in residential buildings due to radon
Creators
Description
Materials and methods currently used in building construction may lead to extremly high concentrations of the radioactive isotope radon-222 in room air, which presents a radiation hazard especially to the human lungs emanating from the radon-222 and its decay products. Risk assessments indicate that 20 to 40% of lung cancer developed by non-smokers after a latency period between and 10 and 20 years may have been induced by radon-contaminated room air. (orig.)
Abstract (German)
Durch die heutige Bauweise koennen in der Wohnraumluft ausserordentlich hohe Konzentrationen an radioaktivem Radon-222 entstehen, wodurch insbesondere die Lungen durch das Radon-222 sowie durch seine ebenfalls radioaktiven Zerfallsprodukte einer hohen Strahlenbelastung ausgesetzt werden. Man schaetzt, dass hierdurch nach einer Latenzzeit von 10 bis 20 Jahren ca. 20 bis 40% der Lungenkrebsfaelle bei Nichtrauchern verursacht werden koennen. (orig.)Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (German)
- Radioaktive Strahlenbelastung im Wohnbereich durch Radon
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Wohnung und Gesundheit
- Journal Issue
- no.44
- Series
- Wohn. Gesundh.
- ISSN
- 0176-0513
- CODEN
- WOGEE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 20065713
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CONTAMINATION; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; DOSE COMMITMENTS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; INHALATION; LEUKEMIA; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADON 222
- Descriptors DEC
- ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; HEMIC DISEASES; INTAKE; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; POPULATIONS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES