TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ćurguz, Zoran
AU  - Stojanovska, Zdenka A.
AU  - Žunić, Zora S.
AU  - Kolarž, Predrag M.
AU  - Ischikawa, T.
AU  - Omori, Y.
AU  - Mishra, R.
AU  - Sapra, B. K.
AU  - Vaupotič, Janja
AU  - Ujić, Predrag
AU  - Bossew, Peter
PY  - 2015
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/736
AB  - This article reports results of the first investigations on indoor radon, thoron and their decay products concentration in 25 primary schools of Banja Luka, capital city of Republic Srpska. The measurements have been carried out in the period from May 2011 to April 2012 using 3 types of commercially available nuclear track detectors, named: long-term radon monitor (GAMMA 1)- for radon concentration measurements (C-Rn); radon-thoron discriminative monitor (RADUET) for thoron concentration measurements (C-Tn); while equilibrium equivalent radon concentration (EERC) and equilibrium equivalent thoron concentrations (EETC) measured by Direct Radon Progeny Sensors/Direct Thoron Progeny Sensors (DRPS/DTPS) were exposed in the period November 2011 to April 2012. In each school the detectors were deployed at 10 cm distance from the wall. The obtained geometric mean concentrations were C-Rn = 99 Bq m(-3) and C-Tn = 51 Bq m(-3) for radon and thoron gases respectively. Those for equilibrium equivalent radon concentration (EERC) and equilibrium equivalent thoron concentrations (EETC) were 11.2 Bq m(-3) and 0.4 Bq m(-3), respectively. The correlation analyses showed weak relation only between C-Rn and C-Tn as well as between C-Tn and EETC. The influence of the school geographical locations and factors linked to buildings characteristic in relation to measured concentrations were tested. The geographical location and floor level significantly influence C-Rn while C-Tn depend only from building materials (ANOVA, p LT = 0.05). The obtained geometric mean values of the equilibrium factors were 0.123 for radon and 0.008 for thoron. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
T2  - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
T1  - Long-term measurements of radon, thoron and their airborne progeny in 25 schools in Republic of Srpska
VL  - 148
SP  - 163
EP  - 169
DO  - 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.06.026
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Ćurguz, Zoran and Stojanovska, Zdenka A. and Žunić, Zora S. and Kolarž, Predrag M. and Ischikawa, T. and Omori, Y. and Mishra, R. and Sapra, B. K. and Vaupotič, Janja and Ujić, Predrag and Bossew, Peter",
year = "2015",
abstract = "This article reports results of the first investigations on indoor radon, thoron and their decay products concentration in 25 primary schools of Banja Luka, capital city of Republic Srpska. The measurements have been carried out in the period from May 2011 to April 2012 using 3 types of commercially available nuclear track detectors, named: long-term radon monitor (GAMMA 1)- for radon concentration measurements (C-Rn); radon-thoron discriminative monitor (RADUET) for thoron concentration measurements (C-Tn); while equilibrium equivalent radon concentration (EERC) and equilibrium equivalent thoron concentrations (EETC) measured by Direct Radon Progeny Sensors/Direct Thoron Progeny Sensors (DRPS/DTPS) were exposed in the period November 2011 to April 2012. In each school the detectors were deployed at 10 cm distance from the wall. The obtained geometric mean concentrations were C-Rn = 99 Bq m(-3) and C-Tn = 51 Bq m(-3) for radon and thoron gases respectively. Those for equilibrium equivalent radon concentration (EERC) and equilibrium equivalent thoron concentrations (EETC) were 11.2 Bq m(-3) and 0.4 Bq m(-3), respectively. The correlation analyses showed weak relation only between C-Rn and C-Tn as well as between C-Tn and EETC. The influence of the school geographical locations and factors linked to buildings characteristic in relation to measured concentrations were tested. The geographical location and floor level significantly influence C-Rn while C-Tn depend only from building materials (ANOVA, p LT = 0.05). The obtained geometric mean values of the equilibrium factors were 0.123 for radon and 0.008 for thoron. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
journal = "Journal of Environmental Radioactivity",
title = "Long-term measurements of radon, thoron and their airborne progeny in 25 schools in Republic of Srpska",
volume = "148",
pages = "163-169",
doi = "10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.06.026"
}

Ćurguz, Z., Stojanovska, Z. A., Žunić, Z. S., Kolarž, P. M., Ischikawa, T., Omori, Y., Mishra, R., Sapra, B. K., Vaupotič, J., Ujić, P.,& Bossew, P.. (2015). Long-term measurements of radon, thoron and their airborne progeny in 25 schools in Republic of Srpska. in Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 148, 163-169.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.06.026

Ćurguz Z, Stojanovska ZA, Žunić ZS, Kolarž PM, Ischikawa T, Omori Y, Mishra R, Sapra BK, Vaupotič J, Ujić P, Bossew P. Long-term measurements of radon, thoron and their airborne progeny in 25 schools in Republic of Srpska. in Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 2015;148:163-169.
doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.06.026 .

Ćurguz, Zoran, Stojanovska, Zdenka A., Žunić, Zora S., Kolarž, Predrag M., Ischikawa, T., Omori, Y., Mishra, R., Sapra, B. K., Vaupotič, Janja, Ujić, Predrag, Bossew, Peter, "Long-term measurements of radon, thoron and their airborne progeny in 25 schools in Republic of Srpska" in Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 148 (2015):163-169,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.06.026 . .