Measurement systems and indices of miners' exposure to radon daughter products in the air of mines.
This paper presents the classification of measurement systems that may be used for the assessment of miners' exposure to radiation in mines. The following systems were described and characterized as the Air Sampling System (ASS), the Environmental Control System (ECS), the Individual Dosimetry System (IDS), the Stream Monitoring System (SMS) and the Exhaust Monitoring System (EMS). The indices for evaluation of miners' working environments, or for assessment of individual or collective miners' exposure, were selected and determined. These are: average expected concentration (CAE), average observed concentration (CAO), average expected rate of exposure cumulation rate (EEXP), average observed exposure cumulation rate (EOBS), average effective exposure cumulation rate (EEFF). Mathematical formulae for determining all these indicators, according to the type of measurement system used in particular mines, are presented. The reliability of assessment of miners' exposure in particular measurement systems, as well as the role of the possible reference system, are discussed.
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Department of Radioactive Contaminations, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland.
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008722:Methods; D008906:Mining; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D011886:Radon