Indoor radon mapping and its relation to geology in Hungary

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 601-609

  Minda, Mihály ^a   Tóth, György ^b   Horváth, István ^b   Barnet, Ivan ^c   Hámori, Krisztián ^a   Tóth, Eszter ^a  

^a RAD Laboratory   (Hungary)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^c CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Geology; House structure; Hungary; Indoor radon

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL VALLEYS; CENOZOIC VOLCANIC ROCKS; CONTINENTAL AREAS; GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS; GEOLOGICAL UNITS; GRID METHODS; GROUND WATER TABLES; HUNGARY; INDOOR RADON; WALL MATERIALS;

AQUIFERS; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CLAY MINERALS; EARTH SCIENCES; GAS PERMEABILITY; HOUSES; LITHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WATER WELLS;

RADON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER FLOW; INDOOR AIR; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK; WATER TABLE;

EID: 67349093268     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1329-6     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. H Arvela 1995 Seasonal variation in radon concentration of 3000 dwellings with model comparisons Radiat Prot Dosimetry 59 1 33 42
2. Barnet I, Fojtikova I (2007) Soil gas radon, indoor radon and gamma dose rate in the Czech Republic-contribution to geostatistical methods for European Atlas of Natural Radiations. Proceedings of the 5th conference on protection against radon at home and at work, FJFI Prague (in print)
3. B Efron 1979 Bootstrap methods: another look at the jackknife Ann Stat 7 1 1 26
4. European Comission Directorate General Joint Research Center European Forum on Radon Mapping. http://radonmapping.jrc.it. Cited 2005
5. JA Gunby 1993 Factors affecting indoor radon concentrations in the United Kingdom Health Phys 64 1 2 12
6. K Hámori E Tóth A Losonci M Minda 2006 Some remarks on the indoor radon distribution in a country Applied Radiation and Isotopes 64 859 863
7. G Keller 1992 Indoor radon correlated with soil and subsoil radon potential-a case study Environ Geol Water Sci 19 2 113 119
8. Kemski J, Klingel R, Siehl A, Valdivia-Machego M (2006) Radon risk prediction in Germany based on gridded geological maps and soil gas measurements. Paper presented at the 8th international workshop on the geological aspects of radon risk mapping, Prague, Czech Republic, 26-30 September 2006
9. B Levesque 1997 Radon in residences: influences of geological and housing characteristics Health Phys Soc 72 6 907 914
10. JCH Miles JD Appleton 2005 Mapping variation in radon potential both between and within geological units J Radiol Prot 25 257 276 10.1088/0952-4746/25/3/003
11. DG Mose GW Mushrush CE Chrosniak 1992 Soil radon, permeabilití, and indoor radon prediction Environ Geol Water Sci 19 2 91 96
12. Samuelsson L (1989) Radon indoors. Paper presented at the international conference on energy alternatives/risk education, national centre for educational technology, Veszprém, Hungary, 7-13 September 1989
13. J Somlai 1998 Radiation hazard of coal-slags as building material in Tatabánya town (Hungary) Health Phys 75 648 651
14. Somlai J, et al (2005) Radiation dose from coal slag used as building material in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. doi: 10.1093/rpd/nci323
15. J Thomas 2002 Determination of radon prone areas by probabilistic analysis of indoor survey results and geological prognostic maps in the Czech Republic Int Congr Ser 1225 49 54
16. Your Global Radon Advisor http://www.radon.eu/services.html. Cited 2006