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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on October 30, 2006
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2007 123(3):378-383; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncl156
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Indoor radon in rural dwellings of the South-Pannonian region

S. Forkapic1, I. Bikit1,*, J. Slivka1, Lj. Conkic1, M. Veskovic1, N. Todorovic1, E. Varga1, D. Mrda1 and E. Hulber2

1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 4, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
2 Radosys Co., Ltd, Vegyész u. 17-25. H-1116 Budapest, Hungary

* Corresponding author: bikit{at}im.ns.ac.yu

Received February 28, 2006, amended July 11, 2006, accepted September 23, 2006


  Abstract

The results of indoor radon survey in the South-Pannonian Province Vojvodina (Serbia and Montenegro) are presented. The sampling strategy was oriented towards suburban and urban regions in the Province. For the dwellings typical for such regions the geometric mean annual radon activity concentration of 76.1 Bq m–3 is measured (1000 measurements). This result leads to the annual dose estimate of 4.3 mSv y–1, which is above the recommended action limit of ICRP. For urban dwellings in Novi Sad (the Province capital), the annual mean value of 54 Bq m–3 (220 measurements) is obtained. By comparison of these two results it is concluded that radon surveys based on measurements in urban environment may seriously underestimate the radon-related health risk. The elevated radon levels could not be explained by elevated uranium levels of surface soil.


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