Measurements of indoor radon concentration levels in Kilis, Osmaniye and Antakya, Turkey during spring season

dc.contributor.authorCan, Bayram
dc.contributor.authorCanbazoglu, Cumhur
dc.contributor.authorAlbayrak, Nesli
dc.contributor.authorCelebi, Nilgun
dc.contributor.authorDogru, Mahmut
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-12T17:22:00Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.departmentFırat Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe fact that 50% of the natural radiation dose to which humans are exposed is caused by radon gas makes indoor radon measurements important. In this study, levels of indoor radon gas were measured in 204 houses in Kilis, Osmaniye and Antakya using passive nuclear track detectors. Cr-39 radon detectors were left in the living rooms of participants' houses, then analyzed at the Radon Laboratory of Health Physics Department in Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center (CANEM) of Atomic Energy Agency of Turkey (TAEK). Average indoor radon activity concentrations for Kilis, Osmaniye and Antakya were 50 Bq/m(3) (1.26 mSv/y), 51 Bq/m(3) (1.29 mSv/y) and 40 Bq/m(3) (1.01 mSv/y), respectively.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10967-011-1559-z
dc.identifier.endpage1063
dc.identifier.issn0236-5731
dc.identifier.issn1588-2780
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-0015-0629
dc.identifier.startpage1059
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-011-1559-z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11508/54154
dc.identifier.volume292
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000305232400017
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260511
dc.subjectCr-39
dc.subjectIndoor radon
dc.subjectEffective dose
dc.subjectChemical etching
dc.titleMeasurements of indoor radon concentration levels in Kilis, Osmaniye and Antakya, Turkey during spring season
dc.typeArticle

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