indoor radon levels in selected houses in isfahan, central iran.

Indoor Radon Levels in Selected Houses in Isfahan, Central Iran

The highest concentration of radon (222 Rn) and thoron (220 Rn) in indoor environment is a major health hazard for man (1) as a result many researchers (2–4) are interested to estimate indoor radon concentration in many countries. In this study, a survey of radon and its daughters has been done to provide data on the hourly, daily and seasonal average indoor radon in Isfahan city dwellings and ...

Indoor radon measurements in residential dwellings in Qom, Iran

Background: Inhalation of radon and its short-lived decay products is one of the ‎most significant sources of exposure to natural radiation. Radon is the second cause ‎of lung cancer in the populations. The present study was carried out under the projects of ‎national radon, with the aim of determining the concentration of indoor in the city of Qom ‎located in the central se...

Radon Measurements in Houses in Eastern and Central Iowa

role of cultural iran in promotion of multilaieralism in central asia and caucasus

cultural iran is a scope that is more extended than the political territories of iran as a political unit. this concept means that cultural geography(mehdi moghanlo-1383-1) of iran is greater than its political geography which, according to history, has a long history extending west-east from kandahar to the euphrates and north-south from the persian gulf to the caucasus including transoxiana a...

Indoor Radon Measurement in Dwellings of Khorramabad City, Iran

Introduction: Exposure to indoor radon increases the risk of lung cancer. This study examined the level of indoor radon in dwellings of Khorramabad city, by using passive alpha-track detector (CR-39) during winter of 2016. Materials and Methods: In the present study, we detected the concentration of indoor radon in 56 dwellings. A passive sampling instrument (alpha-track detector with CR-39 pol...

Seasonal and Annual Average Radon Levels in 70 Houses

A year-long, mu1 t i p o l l u t a n t , indoor a i r qua1 i t y study i n v o l v i n g 70 occupied houses i n f o u r states was completed i n 1987. A l l o f t h e houses included i n the study had a p a r t i a l o r complete basement w i t h a concrete slab f l o o r and block walls. On an approximately q u a r t e r l y schedule, i n t e g r a t i n g monitors f o r short-1 i ved radon pr...