Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Mohamad S Jaafar

Publications

• Research Article
  Measurements of Indoor Radon-222 Concentration inside Iraqi Kurdistan: Case Study in the Summer Season
  Author(s): Zakariya A Hussein, Mohamad S Jaafar and Asaad H IsmailZakariya A Hussein, Mohamad S Jaafar and Asaad H Ismail
  
  Exposure to natural sources of radiation, especially 222Rn and its short-lived daughter products has become an important issue throughout the world because sustained exposure of humans to indoor radon may cause lung cancer. Therefore, indoor radon concentration levels have been measured inside 8 government hospitals in three main regions (Erbil, Duhok and Sulaymaniya) in Iraqi Kurdistan region during summer season by using CR-39 nuclear track detector. The CR-39 detectors were placed in the all hospitals for three floors (ground, first and second). The highest average radon concentration value and annual effective dose was found to be in the Shaheed Dr. Aso hospital in Sulaymaniya city (52.89 ± 3.52 Bq. m-3 , 1.37 ± 0.09 mSv/y ) respectively and the lowest was found in the Erbil Teaching hospital in Erbil city (30.15 ± 2.85 Bq. m-3 , 0.81 mSv/y) respectively, This.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000143

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