Radon Exposure Assessment and Relative Effective Dose Estimation to Inhabitants of Puglia Region, South Italy

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Maria Quarto¹  Mariagabriella Pugliese¹  Giuseppe La Verde¹  Filomena Loffredo²  Vincenzo Roca¹ 

[1] Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples 80126, Italy; E-Mails:;Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy; E-Mail:

关键词: radon indoor;    LR-115 detectors;    effective dose;    Puglia-South Italy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph121114948

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Indoor radon concentrations were measured in dwellings of the Puglia region in Southern Italy using LR-115 passive detectors. The results show that the radon concentrations varied from 15 ± 2 to 2166 ± 133 Bq/m³ with a geometric mean of 114 Bq/m³ and a geometric standard deviation of 2.3. An analysis on the factors affecting radon concentration such as age of the dwellings, floors, and stories, was performed. The mean effective dose to inhabitants has been calculated and found to be 8.2 mSv/y. Finally, for estimation of cancer risks, the lifetime risk and lung cancer cases per years per million have been calculated.

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