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

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  • Maria Quarto

    (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples 80126, Italy
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy)

  • Mariagabriella Pugliese

    (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples 80126, Italy
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy)

  • Giuseppe La Verde

    (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples 80126, Italy)

  • Filomena Loffredo

    (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy)

  • Vincenzo Roca

    (Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples 80126, Italy
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Napoli, Naples, 80126, Italy)

Abstract

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/m 3 with a geometric mean of 114 Bq/m 3 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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  • Maria Quarto & Mariagabriella Pugliese & Giuseppe La Verde & Filomena Loffredo & Vincenzo Roca, 2015. "Radon Exposure Assessment and Relative Effective Dose Estimation to Inhabitants of Puglia Region, South Italy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-10, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:11:p:14948-14957:d:59293
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    1. Giovanni Maria Ferri & Graziana Intranuovo & Domenica Cavone & Vincenzo Corrado & Francesco Birtolo & Paolo Tricase & Raffaele Fuso & Valeria Vilardi & Marilena Sumerano & Nicola L’abbate & Luigi Vime, 2018. "Estimates of the Lung Cancer Cases Attributable to Radon in Municipalities of Two Apulia Provinces (Italy) and Assessment of Main Exposure Determinants," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-18, June.
    2. Luigi Vimercati & Fulvio Fucilli & Domenica Cavone & Luigi De Maria & Francesco Birtolo & Giovanni Maria Ferri & Leonardo Soleo & Piero Lovreglio, 2018. "Radon Levels in Indoor Environments of the University Hospital in Bari-Apulia Region Southern Italy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-9, April.
    3. Giuseppe La Verde & Adelaide Raulo & Vittoria D’Avino & Giovanni Paternoster & Vincenzo Roca & Marco La Commara & Mariagabriella Pugliese, 2021. "Pietra Leccese and Other Natural Stones in Puglia Region: A New Category of Building Materials for Radiation Protection?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(21), pages 1-9, October.
    4. Francesca Giustini & Livio Ruggiero & Alessandra Sciarra & Stan Eugene Beaubien & Stefano Graziani & Gianfranco Galli & Luca Pizzino & Maria Chiara Tartarello & Carlo Lucchetti & Pietro Sirianni & Pao, 2022. "Radon Hazard in Central Italy: Comparison among Areas with Different Geogenic Radon Potential," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-23, January.

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