A Study of Uranium, Radium, Radon Exhalation Rate and Indoor Radon in the Environs of Some Areas of the Malwa Region, Punjab-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Study of Uranium, Radium, Radon Exhalation Rate and Indoor Radon in the Environs of Some Areas of the Malwa Region, Punjab

Published:2006-10 Issue:5 Volume:15 Page:499-505
ISSN:1420-326X
Container-title:Indoor and Built Environment
language:en
Short-container-title:Indoor and Built Environment

Author:

Mehra Rohit¹,Singh Surinder²,Singh Kulwant²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Applied Sciences, Malout Institute of Management and Information Technology, Malout-152107, India,

2. Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, India

Abstract

Indoor radon measurements in dwellings in the Malwa region, Punjab, were carried out, using LR-115 type II cellulose nitrate films in the bare mode. The annual average indoor radon value in the study area varied from 54Bq·m-3to 168Bq·m-3, which is well within the recommended action level given by International Commission on Radiological Protection. Uranium, radium and radon exhalation studies were also carried out in soil samples collected from these areas. A good correlation was obtained between uranium concentration in soil and indoor radon in dwellings. The indoor radon values obtained in the present investigation are higher than the world average of 40Bq·m-3.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1420326X06069053

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