Study of indoor radon concentrations and associated health risks in the five districts of Hazara division, Pakistan

F Khan, N Ali, EU Khan, NU Khattak, IA Raja… - Journal of …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
A total of 200 indoor air samples were collected to measure radon concentration levels and
its contribution to the mean effective doses during different seasons of the period 2009 …

Measurement of annual effective doses of radon from drinking water and dwellings by CR-39 track detectors in Kulachi City of Pakistan

T Nasir, M Shah - Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences, 2012 - set-publisher.com
Radon concentration and annual effective doses were measured in drinking water and
dwellings of Kulachi city of Pakistan. Twenty samples of drinking water were collected from …

[PDF][PDF] Measurement of radon exhalation rate, radium activity and annual effective dose from bricks and cement samples collected from Dera Ismail Khan

N Ahmad, MS Jaafar, SA Khan, T Nasir… - American Journal of …, 2014 - academia.edu
Radon concentration, exhalation rate, radium activity and annual effective dose have been
measured from baked and unbaked bricks and cement samples commonly used as …

Ambient indoor/outdoor gamma radiation dose rates in the city and at high altitudes of Muzaffarabad (Azad Kashmir)

M Rafique - Environmental earth sciences, 2013 - Springer
Preliminary results of ambient indoor/outdoor gamma dose rates measured for
Muzaffarabad city, the state capital of Azad Kashmir, are presented. Measurements of …

Spatial distribution of radon concentrations in balakot-bagh (B–B) fault line and adjoining areas, lesser himalayas, north Pakistan

F Khan, SA Khattak, Z Wazir, M Waqas - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2021 - Springer
A study involving soil radon monitoring using RAD-7 instrument was carried out near
Balakot-Bagh (BB) Fault line hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in October 2005. The study …

Investigation of Radon Sources, Health Hazard and Risks assessment for children using analytical and geospatial techniques in District Bannu (Pakistan)

H Shakoor, N Jehan, S Khan… - Environmental …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Purpose: Radon (Rn) is a radioactive, odorless, and colorless gas which has a half-life of
3.83 days. One of the main sources of Rn which is directly consumed by the population is …

Indoor radon monitoring near an in situ leach mining site in DG Khan, Pakistan

F Malik, M Rafique - Journal of Radiological Protection, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Indoor radon and its decay products are considered to be the second leading cause of lung
cancer after cigarette smoking. This is why extensive radon surveys have been carried out in …

Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis of soil radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Rn) time series

M Rafique, J Iqbal, KJ Lone, KJ Kearfott… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2021 - Springer
We present results of Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MF-DFA) of soil radon
(222 Rn) and thoron (220 Rn) time series to examine the scaling and multifractal features …

Risk assessment of radon in soil collected from chromite mines of Khanozai and Muslim Bagh, Balochistan, Pakistan

N Ahmad, T Nasir, J ur Rehman, H Ullah… - … Technology & Innovation, 2019 - Elsevier
Radon is an inert gas that can transfer from rock, soil and accumulate in enclosed areas
such as dwellings and mines. It is reported that exposure of miners to radon gas and its …

Assessment of seasonal variation of indoor radon level in dwellings of some districts of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

M Rafique, SU Rahman, T Mahmood… - Indoor and built …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Measurements of indoor radon concentrations in 200 dwellings of four districts of Azad
Kashmir have been carried out using CR-39-based radon dosimeters. Indoor radon levels …