Effective dose coefficients for radon and progeny: A review of ICRP and UNSCEAR values
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/rpd/article/195/1/1/6323197" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/rpd/article/195/1/1/6323197</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncab106" target="_blank" >10.1093/rpd/ncab106</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Effective dose coefficients for radon and progeny: A review of ICRP and UNSCEAR values
Original language description
The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) publishes guidance on protection against radon exposure in homes and workplaces. ICRP Publication 137 recommends a dose coefficient of 3 mSv per mJ h m−3 (_10 mSv WLM−1) to be used in most circumstances of radon exposure, for workers in buildings and in underground mines. Recently, United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) reviewed radon epidemiology and dosimetry and concluded that its established dose coefficient of 1.6 mSv per mJ h m−3 (5.7 mSvWLM−1) should be retained for use in its comparisons of radiation exposures from different sources in a population. This paper explains and compares the reviews of the scientific evidence from UNSCEAR and ICRP. It is shown that the UNSCEAR and ICRP reviews are consistent and support the use of the ICRP reference dose coefficients for radiation protection purposes. It is concluded that the ICRP dose coefficient should be used to calculate doses to workers.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Radiation Protection Dosimetry
ISSN
0144-8420
e-ISSN
1742-3406
Volume of the periodical
195
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
1–20
UT code for WoS article
000692613300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85114172605