title: Long- and short-term indoor radon survey in the Ardea municipality, south Rome.
abstract: The indoor radon concentration was measured in 16 schools and 6 public departments in the Ardea municipality, using both active and passive detectors. The annual concentration of radon has been determined as the mean of two consecutive 6-month periods of sampling from January 2012 to January 2013. The indoor radon level measured in the monitored buildings ranged from 17 to 918 Bq·m(-3), with a mean value of 154 Bq·m(-3). In addition, the correlation between short-term and long-term measurements was studied. Experimental data demonstrate that the deviation of short-term measurements with respect to polyallyl diglycol carbonate data does not exceed ±40 % in a very extended range of radon concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rome, ARPA Lazio, Via Giuseppe Saredo 52, Rome 00100, Italy daniele.franci@arpalazio.it.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Franci
authors.affiliation: Department of Rome, ARPA Lazio, Via Giuseppe Saredo 52, Rome 00100, Italy.
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aureli
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D011633:Public Facilities; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011874:Radiometry; D011886:Radon / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D012384:Rome; D012574:Schools
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D011886:Radon