title: High variability of indoor radon concentrations in uraniferous bedrock areas in the Balkan region.
abstract: In this work the strong influence of geological factors on the variability of indoor radon is found in two of three geologically very different regions of South-Eastern Europe. A method to estimate the annual mean concentration when one seasonal measurement is missing is proposed. Large differences of radon concentrations in different rooms of the same house and significant difference in radon concentrations in one season comparing it to the others are noted in certain cases. Geological factors that can lead to such behavior are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Sciences "Vinča", University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Žunić
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Sciences "Vinča", University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia. Electronic address: ujic@vinca.rs.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ujić
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Sciences "Vinča", University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nađđerđ
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Ecology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Sophy Kovalevskoy 20, 620990 Ekaterinburg, Russia.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Yarmoshenko
authors.affiliation: Economic Association for Production, Processing and Transport, Kolubara Mining Basen Ltd., Lazarevac, Serbia.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Radanović
authors.affiliation: Association of Geophysicists and Environmentalists of Serbia, Dimitrija Avramovića 38, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komatina Petrović
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Sciences "Vinča", University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Čeliković
authors.affiliation: Association of Geophysicists and Environmentalists of Serbia, Dimitrija Avramovića 38, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komatina
authors.affiliation: Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (German Federal Office for Radiation Protection), Postfach 10 01 49, D-38201 Salzgitter, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bossew
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063368:Balkan Peninsula; D006798:Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012621:Seasons; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014501:Uranium / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D014501:Uranium; D011886:Radon
keywords: Geological structure; Indoor radon; Indoor radon variations; Radon/groundwater migration; Uraniferous bedrock areas