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Radon survey in office room and effective dose estimation for staff

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This study aims to: (1) Acquire the radon level in closed office rooms, providing radon exposure data for preliminary health risk assessment of office-working population. (2) Pre-analyze the relationship between radon concentration and indoor temperature, relative humidity. (3) Estimate seasonal, annual and total radon effective dose for ordinary office-working population. The results show that the 24-h or 8-h average radon concentrations in closed office rooms were about 32.0 Bq/m3 and 29.5 Bq/m3 during detection period, and the estimated effective doses in office rooms calculated by using 24-h and 8-h average radon concentrations were all far below that in residential environment.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the natural science foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2015HL099 and ZR2014JL016) and supported by the youth innovation fundation of Weifang medical university (K1302016) and supported by Scientific and Technological Project of Weifang Science and Technology Bureau (20121234), the authors express gratitude for financially support.

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  1. School of Public Health and Management, Weifang Medical University, Baotong West Street, Weifang, 261053, Shandong Province, China

    Xiaohong Li, Wanwei Li & Hui Shan

  2. Public Health Testing Center, School of Public Health and Management, Weifang Medical University, Baotong West Street, Weifang, 261053, Shandong Province, China

    Xiaohong Li & Wanwei Li

  3. Weifang Key Laboratory of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Baotong West Street, Weifang, 261053, Shandong Province, China

    Xiaohong Li & Wanwei Li

  4. Experimental Demonstration Teaching Center of Public Health, School of Public Health and Management, Weifang Medical University, Baotong West Street, Weifang, 261053, Shandong Province, China

    Fei Wang

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Li, X., Li, W., Shan, H. et al. Radon survey in office room and effective dose estimation for staff. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 324, 561–568 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07082-z

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