Radon in indoor air of primary schools: determinant factors, their variability and effective dose

J Madureira, I Paciência, J Rufo, A Moreira… - Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
Radon is a radioactive gas, abundant in granitic areas, such as in the city of Porto at the
north-east of Portugal. This gas is a recognized carcinogenic agent, being appointed by the …

Review of indoor radon concentrations in schools and kindergartens

M Zhukovsky, A Vasilyev, A Onishchenko… - Radiation Protection …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Analysis includes review of 63 national and regional indoor radon surveys in
kindergartens and schools. Preliminary assessment of the worldwide population weighted …

Seasonal variation of indoor radon, thoron and their progeny in Belagavi district of Karnataka, India

DV Kamalakar, PR Vinutha, CS Kaliprasad… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Systematic investigations on the seasonal variation of indoor radon, thoron and their
progeny levels have been carried out in Belagavi district of Karnataka, India. The radon and …

Radon in indoor air of primary schools: a systematic survey to evaluate factors affecting radon concentration levels and their variability

F Bochicchio, ZS Žunić, C Carpentieri, S Antignani… - Indoor …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In order to optimize the design of a national survey aimed to evaluate radon exposure of
children in schools in Serbia, a pilot study was carried out in all the 334 primary schools of …

Radon measurements by nuclear track detectors in secondary schools in Oke-Ogun region, Nigeria

RI Obed, AK Ademola, M Vascotto… - Journal of environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Radon measurements were performed in secondary schools in the Oke–Ogun area, South-
west, Nigeria, by solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs). About seventy CR-39 …

Children's exposure to radon in nursery and primary schools

PTBS Branco, RAO Nunes, MCM Alvim-Ferraz… - International Journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
The literature proves an evident association between indoor radon exposure and lung
cancer, even at low doses. This study brings a new approach to the study of children's …

Indoor radon survey in Visegrad countries

M Műllerová, K Kozak, T Kovács, I Smetanová… - Applied Radiation and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The indoor radon measurements were carried out in 123 residential buildings and 33
schools in Visegrad countries (Slovakia, Hungary and Poland). In 13.2% of rooms radon …

Ambient indoor/outdoor gamma radiation dose rates in the city and at high altitudes of Muzaffarabad (Azad Kashmir)

M Rafique - Environmental earth sciences, 2013 - Springer
Preliminary results of ambient indoor/outdoor gamma dose rates measured for
Muzaffarabad city, the state capital of Azad Kashmir, are presented. Measurements of …

Internal radiation exposure from TENORM for workers conducting cleaning activities on equipment used at geothermal energy plant

T Shinonaga, D Walther, WB Li, J Tschiersch - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geothermal energy is predicted to be one of the most important renewable energy sources
in the near future. In geothermal energy plants, the secondary products such as the scale …

Measuring of airborne radon concentration inside some schools of Al-Samawa city, Iraq

AA Kadhim, AM Ali, AA Abojassim - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
In this research, Radon concentrations were measured in the air of the buildings of schools
at Al-Al-Samawa city, using portable canary digital radon monitoring system of Durridge …