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Radon concentration in drinking water in villages nearby Rafsanjan fault and evaluation the annual effective dose

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Abnormal amount of radon in water results in increasing health risks. Concentrations of 222Rn in 56 samples of drinking water resources, in villages surrounding “Rafsanjan fault” were measured in the fall of 2013. Range radon concentration is 0 and 18.480 BqL−1, respectively. The maximum annual effective dose for adults and children were 181.5 and 248.95 μSvY−1, respectively, and the lowest was zero for both groups. Radon concentration is higher on the right side of the fault than the left side. In order to reduce the radon concentration, water ventilation is recommended before use.

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This research emanates from a Master’s thesis and was conducted at the Environmental Health Engineering Research Center and was sponsored by the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Technology of Kerman University of Medical Sciences.

A note of appreciation is expressed here to the Vice -Chancellor and to all University staff who provided assistance to make this study possible.

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  1. Environmental Health Engineering Research Center and Department of Environmental Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Mohammad Malakootian

  2. Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Zahra Khashi

  3. Environmental Health Engineering Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Farnaz Iranmanesh

  4. Department of Physics, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran

    Mojtaba Rahimi

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Malakootian, M., Khashi, Z., Iranmanesh, F. et al. Radon concentration in drinking water in villages nearby Rafsanjan fault and evaluation the annual effective dose. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 302, 1167–1176 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3345-1

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