title: Indoor radon in rural dwellings of the South-Pannonian region.
abstract: The results of indoor radon survey in the South-Pannonian Province Vojvodina (Serbia and Montenegro) are presented. The sampling strategy was oriented towards suburban and urban regions in the Province. For the dwellings typical for such regions the geometric mean annual radon activity concentration of 76.1 Bq m(-3) is measured (1000 measurements). This result leads to the annual dose estimate of 4.3 mSv y(-1), which is above the recommended action limit of ICRP. For urban dwellings in Novi Sad (the Province capital), the annual mean value of 54 Bq m(-3) (220 measurements) is obtained. By comparison of these two results it is concluded that radon surveys based on measurements in urban environment may seriously underestimate the radon-related health risk. The elevated radon levels could not be explained by elevated uranium levels of surface soil.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 4, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Forkapić
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bikit
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slivka
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Conkić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vesković
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Todorović
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Varga
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mrda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hulber
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015022:Yugoslavia
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D011886:Radon