title: Measurements of radioactivity in Jamaican building materials and gamma dose equivalents in a prototype red mud house.
abstract: Concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K measured in bauxite waste, local building materials, and soils are presented and used in model equations to estimate the effective gamma dose-equivalent increments over background in the center of a standard-sized room in a prototype house. Calculated and measured values compare reasonably well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Pinnock
mesh_terms: D003252:Construction Materials / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D011197:Potassium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D011883:Radium / Q000032:analysis; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis; D013910:Thorium / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D011197:Potassium Radioisotopes; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D013910:Thorium; D011883:Radium