title: Modeling of radon and its short-lived decay products emanating from tap water used inside a house: dose to adult members of the public.
abstract: Radon concentrations are measured in the tap water collected in different areas in Marrakech (Morocco) by using liquid scintillation techniques. The concentrations due to radon and its short-lived decay products emanating from the tap water used inside different compartments of the house were determined. Alpha activities due to the (218)Po and (214)Po short-lived radon decay products were evaluated in various compartments of the respiratory tract of adult members of the public. The committed equivalent doses due to the (218)Po and (214)Po short-lived progeny of radon were evaluated in different tissues of the respiratory tract by the frequencies of using the various parts of the house.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Physics and Techniques Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech BP 2390, Morocco.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ouabi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D009018:Morocco; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*; D017687:Radon Daughters; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000737:chemistry; D012588:Scintillation Counting; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D017687:Radon Daughters; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D011886:Radon