@article{ijp2015351,
author={{Tawfiq, Nada F. and Rasheed, Noora O. and Aziz, Asmaa Ahmad},
title={Measurement of Indoor Radon Concentration in Various Dwellings of Baghdad Iraq},
journal={International Journal of Physics},
volume={3},
number={5},
pages={202--207},
year={2015},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ijp/3/5/1},
issn={2333-4576},
abstract={In this study, indoor radon concentration (C<SUB>Rn</SUB>) were measured by solid state nuclear track detectors in bare mode using CR-39 inside fifteen dwelling at different locations in Baghdad governorate for a period two months. The Potential Alpha Energy concentration (PAEC) in Working Level (WL) of radon daughters, exposure to radon progeny (EP) in (WLM Y<SUP>-1</SUP>), the annual effective dose (mSv/y) and the lung cancer cases per year per million person (CPPP) have been studied. The results show that the radon concentration ranged from 83.4 Bq/m<SUP>3</SUP> in Topchi to 238.8 Bq/m<SUP>3</SUP> in Baya with average 116.78 Bq/m<SUP>3</SUP>, Potential Alpha Energy concentration values of radon daughters varies from (0.009 to 0.026) WL with an average value of 0.02WL, the annual effective dose rate from 2.10 to 6.02 mSv/y with average 2.95 mSv/y, exposure to radon progeny from 3.71 to 10.62 WLM Y<SUP>-1</SUP> with average 5.2WLMY<SUP>-1 </SUP>and the lung cancer per year per million person from 0.88 to 4.46 with average 1.7. The indoor radon concentration was in agreement to radon concentration levels (200 Bq/m<SUP>3</SUP>) recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP).},
doi={10.12691/ijp-3-5-1}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}