TY - GEN
T1 - An overview of radon concentrations and risk factors in elementary school classrooms
T2 - 11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2021
AU - Astuti,
AU - Tejamaya, Mila
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to express our sincere gratitude for everyone who was involved directly or indirectly in helping us to complete this study. This study was made possible through the support of the Directorate of Research and Development University of Indonesia for funding this study through PUTI Saintekes Grant (Contract number: NKB-4850/UN2.RST/HKP.05.00/2020).
Publisher Copyright:
© IEOM Society International.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Managing indoor air quality in elementary schools is very important since children are more vulnerable than adults and unique characteristics of schools such as higher level of occupancy than other buildings, containing a variety of pollutant sources, poorly designed ventilation systems, etc. EPA found that more than 70,000 classrooms in the US that in use today have short-term radon levels above 4 pCi/L. Thus, this study aimed to describe radon levels in elementary schools and its associated factors. This is a systematic literature review which collects and evaluates published papers regarding radon concentration assessments in classrooms from various countries between 2010-2020. A Center for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) research protocol was used. 23 literatures were selected. It shows that radon activity ranged from 26.65 – 480 Bq/m3, median: 119 Bq/m3, arithmetic mean: 133.43 ± 95.14Bq/m3, geometric mean: 109.06 ± 1.87 Bq/m3. Numerous factors are associated with indoor radon levels, which can be classified into building, building location; and meteorological factors.
AB - Managing indoor air quality in elementary schools is very important since children are more vulnerable than adults and unique characteristics of schools such as higher level of occupancy than other buildings, containing a variety of pollutant sources, poorly designed ventilation systems, etc. EPA found that more than 70,000 classrooms in the US that in use today have short-term radon levels above 4 pCi/L. Thus, this study aimed to describe radon levels in elementary schools and its associated factors. This is a systematic literature review which collects and evaluates published papers regarding radon concentration assessments in classrooms from various countries between 2010-2020. A Center for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) research protocol was used. 23 literatures were selected. It shows that radon activity ranged from 26.65 – 480 Bq/m3, median: 119 Bq/m3, arithmetic mean: 133.43 ± 95.14Bq/m3, geometric mean: 109.06 ± 1.87 Bq/m3. Numerous factors are associated with indoor radon levels, which can be classified into building, building location; and meteorological factors.
KW - Elementary School
KW - Indoor Air Quality
KW - Radon
KW - Radon Concentrations
KW - Risk Factors
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85114230787
SN - 9781792361241
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
SP - 5366
EP - 5377
BT - Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 2021
PB - IEOM Society
Y2 - 7 March 2021 through 11 March 2021
ER -
