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Radon survey in Greece--risk assesment
Dimitrios Nikolopoulos1, Anna Louizi, Virginia Koukouliou
1Medical Physics Department, Medical School University of Athens, Greece. dnikolop@med.uoa.gr
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
|October 5, 2002
Abstract:
A large scale radon survey using track etch detectors has been carried out from 1995 to 1998 in Greece in order to estimate the radon concentrations in Greek dwellings and the exposure of the Greek population to radon. The total data set consisted of 1,277 samples. Residential potential alpha energy concentration values ranged between (0.024 +/- 0.009) and (8 +/- 1) WLM per year (P < 0.05) and effective doses between (0.09 +/- 0.04) and (28 +/- 4) mSv (P < 0.05). The mean lifetime risk for the Greek population due to radon was found to be 0.4%.