ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Evaluation of Indoor Radon
Exposure in Houses
M. Karpińska1, Z. Mnich2, J. Kapała1, A. Szpak3
1Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2A, 15-089 Białystok, Poland
2Department of Statistics and Medical Informatics, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2C, 15-089 Białystok, Poland
3Department of Public Health, Medical University of Białystok, I Armii Wojska Polskiego 2/2, 15-103 Białystok, Poland
2Department of Statistics and Medical Informatics, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2C, 15-089 Białystok, Poland
3Department of Public Health, Medical University of Białystok, I Armii Wojska Polskiego 2/2, 15-103 Białystok, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2009;18(6):1005–1012
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ABSTRACT
In 2000-07 653 measurements of radon were acquired from houses in Podlasie Province, Poland.
In dwelling parts of buildings, arithmetic weighted mean regarding location of the building equal to 72 Bq/m3,
which corresponded to 1.8 mSv of the effective dose. Statistically significant differences between radon concentrations
in country and city houses were observed. Arithmetic mean of radon concentrations in dwelling
parts of houses in rural areas was 111 Bq/m3, while in the city it was 45 Bq/m3. Correlation between radon concentrations
in a house and its age was observed. The correlation coefficient was 0.3 at p<0.05.
