The bronchial dosimeter for Rn progeny proposed by Yu and Guan in 1998 was
employed to survey the bronchial dose from Rn progeny in 30 residences in H
ong Kong, An average bronchial deposition fraction of Rn progeny was obtain
ed as 0.0334, which gave an average dose conversion factor (DCF) of 8.5 mSv
WLM (-1). The mean values of potential x energy concentration (PAEC) depos
ited in the tracheobronchial region (PAEC(T-B)) total PAEC in air (PAEC(T))
, annual effective dose (E), concentration of Rn gas (RC) and annual dose c
onversion factor (ADCF) for all the residential sites combined were 0.11+/-
0.05, 3.1 +/- 1.4 mWL, 1.2 +/- 0.5 mSv yr(-1), 23 +/- 10 Bq m (-3) and 0.05
5 +/- 0.020 (mSv yr (-1) per Bqm (-3)), respectively, with air-conditioned
sites (AC sites) and non-AC sites having significantly different mean ADCF
values. The indoor relative humidity affected PAECT and RC with high confid
ence levels (> 95%). (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.