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Indoor Radon Measurement in Buildings of A.O.R.N Cardarelli, the Largest Hospital of National Relevance in Southern Italy

by
Filomena Loffredo
1,2,
Tiziana Capussela
3,
Fortuna De Martino
3 and
Maria Quarto
1,2,*
1
Advanced Biomedical Science Department, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
2
National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)—Section of Naples, 80126 Naples, Italy
3
U.O.S.D. Health Physics, AORN Cardarelli Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Atmosphere 2024, 15(7), 815; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15070815 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 2 June 2024 / Revised: 1 July 2024 / Accepted: 5 July 2024 / Published: 7 July 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Air Pollution in Italy: Effects, Sources and Control)
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Abstract

: Indoor radon concentrations constitute a major source of exposure to ionizing radiation for humans. It has been estimated that radon contributes about 10% of deaths from lung cancer in the USA and Europe. In Italy, current legislation establishes that the concentration of radon must be monitored in all workplaces located in a basement and on the ground floor. In this study, the indoor radon concentration of 20 multi-floor buildings on the Cardarelli Hospital was measured during two consecutive semesters. The survey was carried out with CR-39 solid-state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs). Radon concentrations were found to range from 4 Bq/m3 to 424 Bq/m3, with a median of 24 Bq/m3. The dependence of the radon concentrations on the measurement floor and the room-to-room spatial variation was also analyzed.
Keywords: radon concentration; hospital; CR-39 detector radon concentration; hospital; CR-39 detector

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Loffredo, F.; Capussela, T.; De Martino, F.; Quarto, M. Indoor Radon Measurement in Buildings of A.O.R.N Cardarelli, the Largest Hospital of National Relevance in Southern Italy. Atmosphere 2024, 15, 815. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15070815

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Loffredo F, Capussela T, De Martino F, Quarto M. Indoor Radon Measurement in Buildings of A.O.R.N Cardarelli, the Largest Hospital of National Relevance in Southern Italy. Atmosphere. 2024; 15(7):815. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15070815

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Loffredo, Filomena, Tiziana Capussela, Fortuna De Martino, and Maria Quarto. 2024. "Indoor Radon Measurement in Buildings of A.O.R.N Cardarelli, the Largest Hospital of National Relevance in Southern Italy" Atmosphere 15, no. 7: 815. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15070815

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