| Yazarlar |
Belgin Küçükömeroğlu
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Yaşar Özkan Yeşilbağ
Erzincan Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Aslı KURNAZ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Necati Çelik
Gümüşhane Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Uğur Çevik
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Çelebi Nilgün
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| Özet |
| Indoor radon concentration measurements were carried out and corresponding annual effective doses due to exposure to indoor radon were determined in Artvin and Ardahan provinces located in the eastern part of Turkey. The measurements were performed for four seasons in order to determine the seasonal fluctuations mostly observed in indoor environments. Indoor radon concentration values were observed to range from 21 to 321 Bq m-3 for the Artvin province and from 53 to 736 Bq m-3 for the Ardahan province. It was observed that minimum indoor radon concentration values were obtained in summer, while the highest ones were observed in winter. Indoor radon concentration values of the current study were compared with those of other provinces in Turkey. As elevated indoor radon concentrations are mostly correlated with high 238U activity concentrations in soil, a total of 57 and 33 soil samples were collected from the Artvin and Ardahan provinces, respectively, to determine 238U activity concentration as well as the concentration of 232TH and 40K-naturally occurring radionuclides. It was also observed that soil samples collected from the study areas contained 137Cs as an artificial radionuclide. © The Author 2010. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Radiation Protection Dosimetry |
| Dergi ISSN | 0144-8420 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 05-2011 |
| Cilt No | 145 |
| Sayı | 4 |
| Sayfalar | 389 / 394 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.1093/rpd/ncq442 |
| Makale Linki | http://rpd.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/doi/10.1093/rpd/ncq442 |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| WoS | 20 |
| SCOPUS | 16 |
