title: Additional contamination when radon is in excess.
abstract: A study of the behavior of the (222)Rn progeny on clothes, skin and hair has been performed in a place with very high radon concentration. In the past, radon concentration was established to be about 32 kBq/m(3) in a very high humidity environment inside a tourist cave in Extremadura (Spain). The results show that (222)Rn daughters are adhered on clothes, skin and hair, adding some radioactive concentration to that due to radon and its progeny existing in the breathable air.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain. ams@unex.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martín Sánchez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de la Torre Pérez
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ruano Sánchez
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Naranjo Correa
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D003020:Clothing; D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D017687:Radon Daughters / Q000032:analysis*; D012867:Skin / Q000737:chemistry*; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D017687:Radon Daughters
keywords: External additional radioactive contamination; Radon; Radon progeny