Investigation of the exposure to radon and progeny in the thermal spas of Loutraki (Attica-Greece): Results from measurements and modelling

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 495-504

  Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Vogiannis, Efstratios ^a,b   Petraki, Ermioni ^a   Zisos, Athanasios ^a   Louizi, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Mass balance; Model; Numerical solving; Progeny; Radon; Water

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; AMBIENT AIR; BATH TREATMENT; COMPUTER CODES; DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; FIRST ORDER DERIVATIVES; HEALTH IMPACT; MASS BALANCE; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR PARAMETERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; RADIATION BURDEN; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; THERMAL WATERS; TRANSIENT CONCENTRATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERSONNEL; RADON; STATISTICAL TESTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER RECYCLING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

RADON;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH IMPACT; MASS BALANCE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADON; THERMAL WATER;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DRINKING; GREECE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPA TREATMENT; WORKER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BATHS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREECE; HEALTH RESORTS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

CORINTH [PELOPONNISOS]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LOUTRAKI; PELOPONNISOS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70849118230     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.057     Document Type: Article

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