Stojanovska, Zdenka and Boev, Blazo and Zunic, Zora S. and Ivanova, Kremena and Ristova, Mimoza and Tsenova, Martina and Ajka, Sorsa and Janevik-Ivanovska, Emilija and Taleski, Vaso and Bossew, Peter (2016) Variation of indoor radon concentration and ambient dose equivalent rate in different outdoor and indoor environments. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 55 (2). pp. 171-183. ISSN 0301-634X
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Subject of this study is an investigation of the variations of indoor radon concentration and ambient dose equivalent rate in outdoor and indoor environments of 40 dwellings, 31 elementary schools and five kindergartens. The buildings are located in three municipalities of two, geologically different, areas of the Republic of Macedonia. Indoor radon concentrations were measured by nuclear track detectors, deployed in the most occupied room of the building, between June 2013 and May 2014. During the deploying campaign, indoor and outdoor ambient dose equivalent rates were measured simultaneously at the same location. It appeared that the measured values varied from 22 to 990 Bq/m3 for indoor radon concentrations, from 50 to 195 nSv/h for outdoor ambient dose equivalent rates, and from 38 to 184 nSv/h for indoor ambient dose
equivalent rates. The geometric mean value of indoor to outdoor ambient dose equivalent rates was found to be 0.88, i.e. the outdoor ambient dose equivalent rates were on average higher than the indoor ambient dose equivalent rates. All measured can reasonably well be described by log-normal distributions. A detailed statistical analysis of factors which influence the measured quantities is reported.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Natural sciences > Physical sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Zdenka Stojanovska |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2016 11:14 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2016 11:14 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/16291 |
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