Influence of indoor air conditions on radon concentration in a detached house

K Akbari, J Mahmoudi, M Ghanbari - Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2013 - Elsevier
Radon is released from soil and building materials and can accumulate in residential
buildings. Breathing radon and radon progeny for extended periods hazardous to health …

Radon and Lung Cancer: Current Status and Future Prospects

Y Liu, Y Xu, W Xu, Z He, C Fu, F Du - Critical Reviews in Oncology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Beyond tobacco smoking, radon takes its place as the second most significant contributor to
lung cancer, excluding hereditary and other biologically related factors. Radon and its …

A map of radon flux at the Australian land surface

AD Griffiths, W Zahorowski, A Element… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
A time-dependent map of radon-222 flux density at the Australian land surface has been
constructed with a spatial resolution of 0.05° and temporal resolution of one month. Radon …

Radon activity in the lower troposphere and its impact on ionization rate: a global estimate using different radon emissions

K Zhang, J Feichter, J Kazil, H Wan… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
The radioactive decay of radon and its progeny can lead to ionization of air molecules and
consequently influence aerosol size distribution. In order to provide a global estimate of the …

[HTML][HTML] Overview and large-scale representative estimate of radon-222 flux data in China

B Lei, L Zhao, F Girault, Z Cai, C Luo, S Thapa… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The inert radioactive gas radon-222, ubiquitous in the environment, is the first cause of lung
cancer in non-smokers and a powerful asset to trace geological fluids and constrain …

Radon flux estimates, from both gamma radiation and geochemical data, to determine sources, migration pathways, and related health risk: The Campania region …

A Guarino, D Cicchella, A Lima, S Albanese - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
An empirical method was applied to estimate the 222 Rn fluxes distribution across the
Campania region (Italy) by using both gamma-rays and U, Th, K concentrations in soils. As a …

Radon flux maps for the Netherlands and Europe using terrestrial gamma radiation derived from soil radionuclides

SN Manohar, HAJ Meijer, MA Herber - Atmospheric environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Naturally occurring radioactive noble gas, radon (222 Rn) is a valuable tracer to study
atmospheric processes and to validate global chemical transport models. However, the use …

Assessing the impact of atmospheric stability on locally and remotely sourced aerosols at Richmond, Australia, using Radon-222

J Crawford, S Chambers, D Cohen, A Williams… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
A flexible radon-based scheme for the classification of nocturnal stability regimes was used
for the interpretation of daily-integrated PM 2.5 aerosol observations collected at Richmond …

Estimation of the global 222Rn flux density from the Earth's surface

S Hirao, H Yamazawa, J Moriizumi - Japanese Journal of Health …, 2010 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Global 222Rn flux density distributions with a spatial resolution of 1 in latitude and longitude
were estimated for each month in the period of 1979–2007 using an 222Rn exhalation …

Controls on the stable isotope composition of daily precipitation in Sydney Australia: 9 years of daily data, including Radon-222

J Crawford, CE Hughes, SD Chambers - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Daily and weekly rainfall stable isotopic data, collected over a 9-year period (for daily) and
14-year period (for weekly) at Lucas Heights, Australia, were compared. Small differences in …