TY - JOUR
TI - Radon variations during treatment in thermal spas of Lesvos Island (Greece)
AU - Vogiannis, E.
AU - Nikolopoulos, D.
AU - Louizi, A.
AU - Halvadakis, C.P.
JO - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
PY - 2004
VL - 76
TODO - 3
SP - 283-294
PB - 
SN - 0265-931X
TODO - 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.11.009
TODO - Thermal effects;  Water, Thermal spas;  Thermal water, Radon, radon;  radon daughter, pollution exposure;  radon;  thermal spring, article;  concentration response;  controlled study;  Greece;  human;  particle size;  radioactive contamination;  spa treatment;  water contamination, Balneology;  Environmental Monitoring;  Greece;  Radon;  Radon Daughters;  Water Supply, Eurasia;  Europe;  Greece;  Lesbos;  Northern Aegean;  Southern Europe
TODO - The aim of this paper was to study the variations of radon and daughter nuclei during treatment in the thermal spas of Lesvos Island (Greece). For this purpose, in the thermal spas of Lesvos we have measured the radon concentrations of thermal waters, as well as indoor radon, daughter and coarse particle (>500 nm) concentrations. Various instruments and procedures were employed for measurements. Radon concentrations of thermal waters were found to lie in the range 10 Bq l-1 and 304 Bq l-1. Concentration peaks both for radon, radon daughter and coarse particle, were found to appear during filling of baths in the treatment process. The doses delivered to the bathers during treatment were in the range of 0.00670-0.1279 mSv per year, while the doses delivered to personnel were below 20 mSv per year. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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