title: Indoor radon determination in dwellings located at Dikili geothermal area in Western Turkey.
abstract: This paper presents the indoor radon concentrations in dwellings located in the Dikili geothermal area in western Turkey. Indoor radon monitoring was performed for 3 mo using 121 detectors installed in the living rooms and bedrooms of 62 houses selected from the region. A passive time-integrating radon measuring technique was applied by using CR-39 solid-state nuclear track detectors. Average indoor radon levels for the houses varied from 31 to 280 Bq m(-3). Corresponding annual effective doses were calculated, and risks for lung cancer due to inhalation of indoor radon were estimated.
authors: Physics Department, Yildiz Technical University, Davutpaşa Campus, 34010 Topkapi, Istanbul, Turkey. yarar@yildiz.edu.tr
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authors: Yarar
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authors: Günayd
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authors: Celebi
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D045482:Hot Springs; D006798:Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D011886:Radon