Todorović Natasa, Bikit Istvan, Vesković Miroslav, Krmar Miodrag, Mrđa Dusan, Forkapić Sofija, Hansman Jan, Nikolov Jovana, Bikit Kristina
Department of Physic, Faculty of Sciences, Universtiy of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 4, Novi Sad, Serbia 21000.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2014 Jan;158(2):208-15. doi: 10.1093/rpd/nct210. Epub 2013 Sep 12.
Measurement of activity concentrations of radionuclides in building materials and radon in indoor space is important in the assessment of population exposures, as most individuals spend 80 % of their time indoors. This paper presents the results of activity concentration measurements of: radon emanated from the soil, radionuclides (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K in the soil, indoor radon in the city of Novi Sad (the capital city of Vojvodina) using charcoal canisters and indoor radon in the Vojvodina region using alpha-track detectors and the radioactivity of some building materials. Influences of floor level, space under the rooms, boarding, and the heating system on indoor radon accumulation in the Vojvodina province, situated in the northern part of Serbia, are also presented in this paper. The total effective dose and the activity concentration index are calculated applying the dose criteria recommended by the European Union for building materials.
