Radiation doses to doctors, nurses and patients due to radon short-lived progeny from the inhalation of air in urban health centres

International Conference on Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

July 14-15, 2016 Cologne, Germany

Aboubakr Matrane, M A Misdaq and J Ouguidi

University of Cadi Ayyad, Morocco

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nucl Med Radiat Ther

Abstract :

Alpha-and beta-activities per unit volume of air due to radon (222Rn), thoron (220Rn) and their decay products were measured in the air of various health centres situated in different districts of the city of Marrakech. Both CR-39 and LR-115 type II solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs) were used. The committed equivalent doses due to the 218Po and 214Po radon short-lived progeny were evaluated in different tissues of the respiratory tract of doctors, nurses and patients from the inhalation of air inside the studied health centres. Annual effective doses due to radon progeny from the inhalation of air by doctors, nurses and patients inside the studied health centres were evaluated.

Biography :

Email: matrane33@gmail.com