Variation in indoor thoron levels in Mexico City dwellings

Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2004;111(1):111-3. doi: 10.1093/rpd/nch371.

Abstract

This paper presents the results obtained for thoron concentration in 50 single-family dwellings in normal occupancy conditions (open house conditions), measured by a passive electret system (type E-PERM, SSTB configuration) in a 2001-2002 monitoring survey in the Metropolitan Zone of Mexico City. The results show the general log-normal distribution of integrated indoor thoron concentration with annual arithmetic and geometric means of 82 and 55 Bq m(-3), respectively, with ranges from 8 to 234 Bq m(-3) higher than world average of 3 Bq m(-3). The seasonal variation shows the minimum mean values in the summer season that were 35% lower than in autumn.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants, Radioactive / analysis*
  • Air Pollution, Indoor / analysis*
  • Altitude
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Gamma Rays
  • Geologic Sediments / analysis*
  • Housing
  • Mexico
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care
  • Radiometry
  • Radon / analysis*
  • Seasons
  • Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / analysis*
  • Temperature
  • Urban Health

Substances

  • Air Pollutants, Radioactive
  • Soil Pollutants, Radioactive
  • Radon