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Radon concentration and effective dose in drinking groundwater and its relationship with soil type

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The current study measured the concentration of 222Rn in 36 stations obtained from the drinking water resources of Qom province using Radon detector device (RTM 1688-2 model) in two seasons of autumn and winter in 2017. The results of this cross-sectional study showed that the concentration of radon in drinking water in Qom province ranged from 0.29 ± 0.11 to 2.20 ± 0.81 Bq/l. The highest effective dose in terms of mSv/y was found for male adults (0.04). Radon concentrations of all samples were lower than those set by WHO standards, and the effective dose received by consumers was less than values set by the WHO guidelines (0.1 mSv /y).

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the Research Center for Environmental Pollutants affiliated to Qom University of Medical Sciences (Grant Number: 98848) for financially supporting this research. They also appreciate the staff of Qom Water and Wastewater Company for their cooperation during sampling and data collection. The authors are also thankful to Tehran University of Medical Sciences for its support in carrying out radon measurement.

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  1. Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran

    R. Fouladi-Fard, M. Fahiminia & A. Mohammadbeigi

  2. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran

    R. Fouladi-Fard, A. Amraei & M. Fahiminia

  3. Student Research Committee, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran

    M. R. Hosseini

  4. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    A. H. Mahvi

  5. Center for Solid Waste Research, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    A. H. Mahvi

  6. Department of Public Health, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran

    A. Omidi Oskouei

  7. Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia, 87, 95123, Catania, Italy

    M. Fiore

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Fouladi-Fard, R., Amraei, A., Fahiminia, M. et al. Radon concentration and effective dose in drinking groundwater and its relationship with soil type . J Radioanal Nucl Chem 326, 1427–1435 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07424-x

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