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16828942

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-1
pubmed:abstractText
The measurement campaigns have been done in the rural community of Niska Banja, a spa town located in southern Serbia, to evaluate population exposure to natural radioactivity. After a screening survey in 200 houses, annual radon and thoron concentrations were measured in 34 houses, and in 2004 a detailed investigation was carried out at six houses with elevated indoor radon concentrations. The paper presents the results of these detailed measurements. The complementary techniques were applied to determine radon and thoron concentrations in indoor air, in soil gas, radon exhalation from soil, soil permeability, and indoor and outdoor gamma doses. Soil and water samples were collected and analysed in the laboratory. Indoor radon and thoron concentrations were found to be more than 1kBqm(-3) and 200Bqm(-3), respectively. Extremely high concentrations of soil-gas radon (>2000kBqm(-3)) and radon exhalation rates (1.5mBqm(-2)s(-1)) were observed. These results will be utilised to set up the methodology for a more systematic investigation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0265-931X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
249-60
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
High natural radiation exposure in radon spa areas: a detailed field investigation in Niska Banja (Balkan region).
pubmed:affiliation
Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't