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Document ID (ISN)48659
CIS number 87-1469
ISSN - Serial title 0265-4792 - Safety Practitioner
Year 1987
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Dixon D.W.
Title Exposure to radon daughters in workplaces
Bibliographic information Feb. 1987, Vol.5, No.2, p.16-18. Illus. 8 ref.
Abstract A short survey of the problem of exposure to radon daughters (short-lived decay products of the naturally occurring radioactive gas, radon-222) inside buildings in the United Kingdom (particularly, below ground level). Measurement methods and units of measurement. Results of a study of 70 workplaces showed that 15 had radon daughter concentrations in excess of 0.03WL (=Working Level), compared with 0.4WL considered as the exposure limit by the US Public Health Service. Possible control measures are discussed.
Descriptors (primary) radiation protection; radon; exposure evaluation; buildings; radon daughters
Descriptors (secondary) radioactive substances; United Kingdom
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Radiation
Broad subject area(s) Physical hazards
Browse category(ies) Exposure evaluation
Inorganic substances
Ionizing radiation
Radon