High indoor radon concentrations in an alpine region of western Tyrol
- Univ. of Innsbruck, Muellerstrasse (Austria)
- Templstrasse 22, Innsbruck (Austria)
- Cancer Registry of Tyrol, Innsbruck (Austria)
- Univ. of Innsbruck, Innrain (Austria)
In a village in western Tyrol, Austria (Umhausen, 2,600 inhabitants), unusually high indoor radon concentrations were measured, and the lung cancer mortality rate was found to be higher than that of the total population of Tyrol (620,000 inhabitants). Annual means of radon concentrations were found to be particularly high in the area between the two rivers Oetztaler Ache and Hairlachbach, geologically in alluvial fan of a giant rock slide of granitic gneisses (area A, median of annual means on the ground floors: 1,868 Bq m{sup {minus}3}); radon concentrations were comparatively low in the rest of the village (area B, median of annual means on the ground floors: 182 Bq m{sup {minus}3}). On the basis of these medians, the annual exposures were calculated according to the ICRP model (area A: 58.8 x 10{sup 5} Bq h m{sup {minus}3}; area B: 5.7 x 10{sup 5} Bq h m{sup {minus}3}). Data taken from the Cancer Registry of Tyrol were used to determine the age- and sex-standardized lung cancer mortality rate (area A: 6.17; area B: 1.43). 7 refs., 3 figs., 3 tabs.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 39410
- Journal Information:
- Health Physics, Vol. 67, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
A case-control study of radon and lung cancer among New Jersey women
Relationship among short- and long-term radon measurements within dwellings: Influence of radon concentrations