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Title: Health Effects of Natural Environmental Radiation during Burning Season in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Authors: Narongchai Autsavapromporn
Chutima Krandrod
Pitchayaponne Klunklin
Rawiwan Kritsananuwat
Churdsak Jaikang
Kittikun Kittidachanan
Imjai Chitapanarux
Somchart Fugkeaw
Masahiro Hosoda
Shinji Tokonami
Authors: Narongchai Autsavapromporn
Chutima Krandrod
Pitchayaponne Klunklin
Rawiwan Kritsananuwat
Churdsak Jaikang
Kittikun Kittidachanan
Imjai Chitapanarux
Somchart Fugkeaw
Masahiro Hosoda
Shinji Tokonami
Keywords: Agricultural and Biological Sciences;Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology;Earth and Planetary Sciences
Issue Date: 1-Jun-2022
Abstract: This paper presents the first measurement of the investigation of the health impacts of indoor radon exposure and external dose from terrestrial radiation in Chiang Mai province during the dry season burning between 2018 and 2020. Indoor radon activity concentrations were carried out using a total of 220 RADUET detectors in 45 dwellings of Chiang Mai (7 districts) during burning and non-burning seasons. Results show that indoor radon activity concentration during the burning season (63 ± 33 Bq/m3) was significantly higher (p < 0.001) compared to the non-burning season (46 ± 19 Bq/m3), with an average annual value of 55 ± 28 Bq/m3. All values of indoor radon activity concentration were greater than the national (16 Bq/m3) and worldwide (39 Bq/m3) average values. In addition, the external dose from terrestrial radiation was measured using a car-borne survey during the burning season in 2018. The average absorbed rate in the air was 66 nGy/h, which is higher than the worldwide average value of 59 nGy/h. This might be due to the high activity concentrations of238U and323Th in the study area. With regards to the health risk assessment, the effective dose due to indoor radon exposure, external (outdoor) effective dose, and total annual effective dose were 1.6, 0.08, and 1.68 mSv/y, respectively. The total annual effective dose is higher than the worldwide average of 1.15 mSv/y. The excess lifetime cancer risk and radon-induced lung cancer risk during the burning season were 0.67% and 28.44 per million persons per year, respectively. Our results substantiate that indoor radon and natural radioactive elements in the air during the burning season are important contributors to the development of lung cancer.
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http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/74355
ISSN: 20751729
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