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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on March 17, 2006
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2006 121(3):293-296; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncl023
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Indoor radon concentration measurement in the dwellings of Al-Jauf region of Saudi Arabia

M. I. Al-Jarallah* and Fazal-ur-Rehman

Department of Physics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

* Corresponding author: mibrahim{at}kfupm.edu.sa

Received November 26, 2005, amended January 21, 2006, accepted January 30, 2006


  Abstract

Indoor radon concentration measurement in the dwellings of Al-Jauf region of Saudi Arabia was carried out using passive radon dosemeters. The objective of this radon survey was to obtain representative indoor radon data of Al-Jauf region. The study is a continuation of radon survey in main cities of Saudi Arabia which constitutes a baseline for Saudi Arabia in the Radon World Atlas. A total of 318 passive radon dosemeters were distributed randomly in the region and placed for a period of 1 y starting from April 2004 to April 2005. The results of indoor radon concentration measurement in 136 dwellings distributed in Al-Jauf region are presented. The remaining dosemeters were lost in the dwellings or mishandled. The results showed that the average, minimum, maximum radon concentrations and standard deviation were 35, 7, 168 and 30 Bq m–3, respectively. Geometric mean and geometric standard deviation of the radon distribution were found to be 28 and 1.83, respectively.


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