2024
Yes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969804323005079?via%3Dihub
Dosh, Rukia Jaber
Europe
Exposure Study
Elementary (K-5)
Radon
Thoron
Thoron
Pin-hole dosimeter method
CR-39 detector
Annual effective dose
Primary schools
Al-Najaf city
The results of the average value of thoron concentration detector, the annual effective dose (AED), Excessive Lifetime Cancer Risk (ELCR) x 10-3, and Lung Cancer Case (LCC) x 10-9 measured in the building of the schools were 7.47 +/- 2.85 Bq/m3, 0.03 +/- 0.01 mSv/y, 0.11 +/- 0.04, and 0.54 +/- 0.20, respectively. All the results of indoor thoron were below the global average limit. The results of the radiological survey due to thoron concentrations for studied primary schools suggest that the radionuclides and their radiological hazard indexes in all studied schools in AL Najaf city, Iraq, do not impose a health hazard.