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Accurate Measurement of Indoor Radon Concentration using a Low-Effective Volume Radon Monitor
AlphaGUARD is a low-effective volume detector and one of the most popular portable radon monitors which is currently available. This study investigated whether AlphaGUARD can accurately measure the variable indoor radon levels. The consistency of the radon-concentration data obtained by AlphaGUARD i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5927336/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28444252 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncx050 |
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author | Tanaka, Aya Minami, Nodoka Yasuoka, Yumi Iimoto, Takeshi Omori, Yasutaka Nagahama, Hiroyuki Muto, Jun Mukai, Takahiro |
author_facet | Tanaka, Aya Minami, Nodoka Yasuoka, Yumi Iimoto, Takeshi Omori, Yasutaka Nagahama, Hiroyuki Muto, Jun Mukai, Takahiro |
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description | AlphaGUARD is a low-effective volume detector and one of the most popular portable radon monitors which is currently available. This study investigated whether AlphaGUARD can accurately measure the variable indoor radon levels. The consistency of the radon-concentration data obtained by AlphaGUARD is evaluated against simultaneous measurements by two other monitors (each ~10 times more sensitive than AlphaGUARD). When accurately measuring radon concentration with AlphaGUARD, we found that the net counts of the AlphaGUARD were required of at least 500 counts, <25% of the relative percent difference. AlphaGUARD can provide accurate measurements of radon concentration for the world average level (~50 Bq m(−3)) and the reference level of workplace (1000 Bq m(−3)), using integrated data over at least 3 h and 10 min, respectively. |
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spelling | pubmed-59273362018-05-04 Accurate Measurement of Indoor Radon Concentration using a Low-Effective Volume Radon Monitor Tanaka, Aya Minami, Nodoka Yasuoka, Yumi Iimoto, Takeshi Omori, Yasutaka Nagahama, Hiroyuki Muto, Jun Mukai, Takahiro Radiat Prot Dosimetry Paper AlphaGUARD is a low-effective volume detector and one of the most popular portable radon monitors which is currently available. This study investigated whether AlphaGUARD can accurately measure the variable indoor radon levels. The consistency of the radon-concentration data obtained by AlphaGUARD is evaluated against simultaneous measurements by two other monitors (each ~10 times more sensitive than AlphaGUARD). When accurately measuring radon concentration with AlphaGUARD, we found that the net counts of the AlphaGUARD were required of at least 500 counts, <25% of the relative percent difference. AlphaGUARD can provide accurate measurements of radon concentration for the world average level (~50 Bq m(−3)) and the reference level of workplace (1000 Bq m(−3)), using integrated data over at least 3 h and 10 min, respectively. Oxford University Press 2017-12 2017-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5927336/ /pubmed/28444252 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncx050 Text en © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Paper Tanaka, Aya Minami, Nodoka Yasuoka, Yumi Iimoto, Takeshi Omori, Yasutaka Nagahama, Hiroyuki Muto, Jun Mukai, Takahiro Accurate Measurement of Indoor Radon Concentration using a Low-Effective Volume Radon Monitor |
title | Accurate Measurement of Indoor Radon Concentration using a Low-Effective Volume Radon Monitor |
title_full | Accurate Measurement of Indoor Radon Concentration using a Low-Effective Volume Radon Monitor |
title_fullStr | Accurate Measurement of Indoor Radon Concentration using a Low-Effective Volume Radon Monitor |
title_full_unstemmed | Accurate Measurement of Indoor Radon Concentration using a Low-Effective Volume Radon Monitor |
title_short | Accurate Measurement of Indoor Radon Concentration using a Low-Effective Volume Radon Monitor |
title_sort | accurate measurement of indoor radon concentration using a low-effective volume radon monitor |
topic | Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5927336/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28444252 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncx050 |
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