Collaborative investigations on thoron and radon in some rural communities of Balkans

• Published in: Radiation protection dosimetry Vol. 141; no. 4; p. 346
• Main Authors: Zunić, Z S, Celiković, I, Tokonami, S, Ishikawa, T, Ujić, P, Onischenko, A, Zhukovsky, M, Milić, G, Jakupi, B, Cuknić, O, Veselinović, N, Fujimoto, K, Sahoo, S K, Yarmoshenko, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.10.2010
• Subjects: Air Pollutants, Radioactive; Air Pollution - analysis; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Environmental Exposure; Equipment Design; Gases; Humans; Radiation Monitoring; Radiometry; Radon - analysis; Radon Daughters - analysis; Risk; Rural Population; Serbia; Serbia; Bosnia and Herzegovina

This paper deals with the results of the first-field use in the Balkans, i.e. Serbia and Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Hercegovina), of a passive polycarbonate Mark II type and poliallyldiglycol carbonate (Cr-39) alpha track detectors sensitive to thoron as well as to radon. Both types of solid sta...