Indoor radon Research in the Asia-Pacific region

M Janik, P Bossew, MM Hasan, G Cinelli - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Indoor radon is a major hazard to human health; it is one of the leading causes of lung
cancer. Therefore, radon research in Asia has intensified recently due to the growing …

[PDF][PDF] A review on the sources and impacts of radon indoor air pollution

M Al Jassim, R Isaifan - J Environ Toxicol Stud, 2018 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Radon pollution is one of the critical challenges that we face today in the field of pollution. It
is considered as a radioactive component emitting continuous radiation throughout its short …

Soil gas radon and soil permeability assessment: Mapping radon risk areas in Perak State, Malaysia

H Nuhu, S Hashim, M Aziz Saleh… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
In this study geogenic radon potential (GRP) mapping was carried out on the bases of field
radon in soil gas concentration and soil gas permeability measurements by considering the …

Evaluation of radon concentration and heavy metals in drinking water and their health implications to the population of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

N Ahmad, Z Uddin, J Rehman, M Bakhsh… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study is to estimate the concentrations of radon and heavy metals in
drinking water and assess their health implications to the population of Quetta, Pakistan. The …

Fuzzy radon hazard index assessment for stochastic environmental health risk evaluation of urban scale building

H Sarkheil, D Shirkhani, Y Azimi, A Talebi… - … Research and Risk …, 2023 - Springer
Radon gas emission is emerging phenomenon that poses potential danger to human health
as a result of modern lifestyles. Thus, it is critical to conduct stochastic evaluations of the …

[HTML][HTML] Radon activity concentration measurements in water sources from Perak state Malaysia

H Nuhu, S Hashim, MSM Sanusi, MA Saleh - Journal of radiation research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Radon activity concentration in water samples from Perak state Malaysia and their possible
health risk was assessed. The Samples were from lakes, hot springs, and rivers. The RAD7 …

Distribution of natural radioactivity in different geological formations and their environmental risk assessment in Malaysia

SQ Seow, P Mohan Viswanathan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Labuan, Miri, Kundasang and Raub regions of Malaysia have very different
geological formations and settings that could result in different levels of natural radioactivity …

Annual effective dose due to ingestion of radioactivity and radon gas in drinking water collected from Zhob, Balochistan

N Ahmad, M Bakhsh, J Khan, J Khan - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Ground, surface water and precipitation are the main sources of drinking water. Due to its
universal solvent nature, water contains radioactive elements which are one of the sources …

Investigation of radon concentrations and effective radium content in soils and dwellings of Wolaita Sodo town, Ethiopia

N Maregu, L Nebere, N Abeje… - Journal of Radiation …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: People in the world have always been exposed continuously to natural
radionuclides originated from the Earth's crust. Radionuclide of terrestrial origin like radon is …

Estimation of radon activity concentration in Abu Al-Khaseb and Ad Dayer soil in southern Iraq using CR-39 detector

RS Mohammed, RS Ahmed, RO Abdaljalil - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Environmental monitoring for outdoor and indoor radon is very significant for public health to
evaluate the probability of developing respiratory system cancer, and to offer proper …