The subject of this study is the radon concentrations variations, measured with a nuclear track detectors in a total of 58 premises in all 29 primary schools of 4 municipalities in the Eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. Despite a relatively small territory, the variability of radon concentrations proved to be significant. The geometric means (geometric standard deviations) of radon concentrations in the examined municipalities were in the range from GM = 71 Bq/m 3 (GSD = 2.08) to GM = 162 Bq/m 3 (GSD = 2.69), while for the entire region it was: GM = 96 Bq/m 3 (GSD = 2.47). The influence of the geographical and geological features of the school site as well as the building characteristics on the radon variations were investigated. The analysis showed that type of municipality, building materials, basement and geology have significant effects and respectively describe 6%, 16%, 22%, 39% of the radon total variability.
Keywords:
geology / building characteristics / radon variations
TY - JOUR
AU - Stojanovska, Zdenka A.
AU - Boev, Blažo
AU - Žunić, Zora S.
AU - Ivanova, K
AU - Šorša, Ajka
AU - Boev, Ivan
AU - Ćurguz, Zoran
AU - Kolarž, Predrag M.
PY - 2019
UR - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/8108
AB - The subject of this study is the radon concentrations variations, measured with a nuclear track detectors in a total of 58 premises in all 29 primary schools of 4 municipalities in the Eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. Despite a relatively small territory, the variability of radon concentrations proved to be significant. The geometric means (geometric standard deviations) of radon concentrations in the examined municipalities were in the range from GM = 71 Bq/m 3 (GSD = 2.08) to GM = 162 Bq/m 3 (GSD = 2.69), while for the entire region it was: GM = 96 Bq/m 3 (GSD = 2.47). The influence of the geographical and geological features of the school site as well as the building characteristics on the radon variations were investigated. The analysis showed that type of municipality, building materials, basement and geology have significant effects and respectively describe 6%, 16%, 22%, 39% of the radon total variability.
T2 - Romanian Journal of Physics
T1 - Factors affecting indoor radon variations: A case study in schools of eastern macedonia
VL - 64
IS - 1-2
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_8108
ER -
@article{
author = "Stojanovska, Zdenka A. and Boev, Blažo and Žunić, Zora S. and Ivanova, K and Šorša, Ajka and Boev, Ivan and Ćurguz, Zoran and Kolarž, Predrag M.",
year = "2019",
abstract = "The subject of this study is the radon concentrations variations, measured with a nuclear track detectors in a total of 58 premises in all 29 primary schools of 4 municipalities in the Eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. Despite a relatively small territory, the variability of radon concentrations proved to be significant. The geometric means (geometric standard deviations) of radon concentrations in the examined municipalities were in the range from GM = 71 Bq/m 3 (GSD = 2.08) to GM = 162 Bq/m 3 (GSD = 2.69), while for the entire region it was: GM = 96 Bq/m 3 (GSD = 2.47). The influence of the geographical and geological features of the school site as well as the building characteristics on the radon variations were investigated. The analysis showed that type of municipality, building materials, basement and geology have significant effects and respectively describe 6%, 16%, 22%, 39% of the radon total variability.",
journal = "Romanian Journal of Physics",
title = "Factors affecting indoor radon variations: A case study in schools of eastern macedonia",
volume = "64",
number = "1-2",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_8108"
}
Stojanovska, Z. A., Boev, B., Žunić, Z. S., Ivanova, K., Šorša, A., Boev, I., Ćurguz, Z.,& Kolarž, P. M.. (2019). Factors affecting indoor radon variations: A case study in schools of eastern macedonia. in Romanian Journal of Physics, 64(1-2).
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_8108
Stojanovska ZA, Boev B, Žunić ZS, Ivanova K, Šorša A, Boev I, Ćurguz Z, Kolarž PM. Factors affecting indoor radon variations: A case study in schools of eastern macedonia. in Romanian Journal of Physics. 2019;64(1-2).
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_8108 .
Stojanovska, Zdenka A., Boev, Blažo, Žunić, Zora S., Ivanova, K, Šorša, Ajka, Boev, Ivan, Ćurguz, Zoran, Kolarž, Predrag M., "Factors affecting indoor radon variations: A case study in schools of eastern macedonia" in Romanian Journal of Physics, 64, no. 1-2 (2019),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_8108 .
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