Radon transfer from thermal water to human organs in radon therapy: exhalation measurements and model simulations

• Published in: Radiation and environmental biophysics Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 513 - 529
• Main Authors: Hofmann, W., Winkler-Heil, R., Lettner, H., Hubmer, A., Gaisberger, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bathing; Biological and Medical Physics; Biophysics; Blood flow; Computer simulation; Differential equations; Ecosystems; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection; Environmental Physics; Exhalation; Flow velocity; Humans; Lungs; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Occupational exposure; Organs; Original; Original Article; Permeability; Permeability coefficient; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Radiation Monitoring; Radon; Radon - analysis; Skin; Therapy; Thermal water; Time dependence; Water Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis; Water temperature; Workers; Radon skin transfer; Thermal water; Exhalation measurements; Biokinetic simulations; Radon therapy

The transfer of radon from thermal water via the skin to different human organs in radon therapy can experimentally be determined by measuring the radon activity concentration in the exhaled air. In this study, six volunteers were exposed to radon-rich thermal water in a bathtub, comprising eleven m...