Radon Concentration in the Drinking Water of Aliabad Katoul, Iran

BACKGROUND: According to the world health organization, radon is a leading cause of cancer in various internal organs and should be regarded with concern. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to evaluate the concentration of soluble radon in the drinking water of the city of Aliabad Katoul, Iran. MA...

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Autores principales: Adinehvand, Karim, Sahebnasagh, Amin, Hashemi-Tilehnoee, Mehdi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2016
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5020782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27651948
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.27300
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author Adinehvand, Karim
Sahebnasagh, Amin
Hashemi-Tilehnoee, Mehdi
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description BACKGROUND: According to the world health organization, radon is a leading cause of cancer in various internal organs and should be regarded with concern. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to evaluate the concentration of soluble radon in the drinking water of the city of Aliabad Katoul, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The radon concentration was measured by using a radon meter, SARAD(TM) model RTM 1688-2, according to accepted standards of evaluation. RESULTS: The mean radon concentration in the drinking water of Aliabad Katoul is 2.90 ± 0.57 Bq/L. CONCLUSIONS: The radon concentration in Aliabad Katoul is below the limit for hazardous levels, but some precautions will make conditions even safer for the local populace.
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spelling pubmed-50207822016-09-20 Radon Concentration in the Drinking Water of Aliabad Katoul, Iran Adinehvand, Karim Sahebnasagh, Amin Hashemi-Tilehnoee, Mehdi Iran Red Crescent Med J Brief Report BACKGROUND: According to the world health organization, radon is a leading cause of cancer in various internal organs and should be regarded with concern. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to evaluate the concentration of soluble radon in the drinking water of the city of Aliabad Katoul, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The radon concentration was measured by using a radon meter, SARAD(TM) model RTM 1688-2, according to accepted standards of evaluation. RESULTS: The mean radon concentration in the drinking water of Aliabad Katoul is 2.90 ± 0.57 Bq/L. CONCLUSIONS: The radon concentration in Aliabad Katoul is below the limit for hazardous levels, but some precautions will make conditions even safer for the local populace. Kowsar 2016-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5020782/ /pubmed/27651948 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.27300 Text en Copyright © 2016, Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Radon Concentration in the Drinking Water of Aliabad Katoul, Iran
title_sort radon concentration in the drinking water of aliabad katoul, iran
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5020782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27651948
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.27300
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