The problem of radon in the indoor air of residential and public buildings

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Jewish Autonomous Republic is a region of the Russian Federation associated with the high radon risk. The highest levels of radon concentration, more than 200 Bq/m3 (MPC 100 Bq/m3) were registered in the Obluchensky district and in the capital of autonomy — city of Birobidzhan. One-floor stone houses have the biggest content of radon (in units EEVA radon) in the air.

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Elena O. Klinskaya

Sholom-Aleichem Priamursky State University

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MD, PhD, assistant professor of the Department of Geography and Ecology of the Sholom-Aleichem Priamursky State University, Birobidzhan, 679015, Russian Federation.

e-mail: klineo@mail.ru

Russian Federation

N. K. Khristoforova

Far Eastern Federal University

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Russian Federation

O. V. Surits

Center Hygiene and Epidemiology

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Russian Federation

D. G. Bondareva

Sholom-Aleichem Priamursky State University

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Russian Federation

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