Some aspects of radon and its daughter-products in man and his environment

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6429061

Rundo, J; Markun, F; Plondke, N J; Sha, J Y

A major but short-lived postprandial increase in the exhalation rate of radon by persons containing no radium was observed. The concentrations of radon and its short-lived daughter-products in houses was unusually high (> 5 to 10 pCi l/sup -1/, > 185 to 370 Bq m/sup -3/) in some houses with unpaved crawl spaces, and with concrete basements. External counting of radon daughter-products in the residents of one of the radon-contaminated houses indicated that there may be interference with the assay of plutonium in the lungs of persons who live in those houses.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6429061
• Report Number(s): CONF-810153-4; ON: DE83008616
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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