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. 2022 Jul 15;19(14):8643. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148643

Table 2.

Estimated effective doses for inhabitants of the four high natural radiation background.

Belokurikha,
Altai
Kolyvan,
Novosibirsk
Zhuhai,
Guangdong
Echassières,
Auvergne
External dose, mSv y−1
Average 3.1 4.4 1.6 1.8
Min 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.7
Max 3.5 5.3 2.6 2.2
Standard deviation 1.1 1.6 0.6 0.6
Outdoor 222Rn Inhalation, mSv y−1
Average 5.3 8.6 7.3 3.8
Min 2.2 2.3 0.5 0.4
Max 8.4 25.2 28.1 7.5
Standard deviation 1.9 3.2 2.7 1.1
Indoor 222Rn Inhalation, mSv y−1
Average 7.1 10.0 3.5 n.d.
Min 2.0 1.0 0.5 n.d.
Max 12.3 27.3 24.0 n.d.
Standard deviation 2.5 3.8 1.1 n.d.
Effective dose, mSv y−1 (222Rn inhalation + External irradiation)
Average 15.5 23.0 12.4 5.6
Min 5.0 4.6 1.5 1.1
Max 24.2 57.8 54.7 9.7
Standard deviation 5.5 8.6 4.4 1.7

n.d., no data.