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    Influence of indoor air conditions on radon concentration in a detached house

    , Article Journal of Environmental Radioactivity ; Volume 116 , February , 2013 , Pages 166-173 ; 0265931X (ISSN) Akbari, K ; Mahmoudi, J ; Ghanbari, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    2013
    Abstract
    Radon is released from soil and building materials and can accumulate in residential buildings. Breathing radon and radon progeny for extended periods hazardous to health and can lead to lung cancer. Indoor air conditions and ventilation systems strongly influence indoor radon concentrations. This paper focuses on effects of air change rate, indoor temperature and relative humidity on indoor radon concentrations in a one family detached house in Stockholm, Sweden.In this study a heat recovery ventilation system unit was used to control the ventilation rate and a continuous radon monitor (CRM) was used to measure radon levels. FLUENT, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software package was...