Indoor Radon and Its Health Risk Assessment in Iran: A Comprehensive Review Study

F Yousefian, Z Nasiri, M Kordi, YG Marzi… - Indoor …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding radon‐prone areas is vital to prevent radon‐related health problems,
enhance public safety, and ensure adherence to regulations aimed at minimizing radon …

[HTML][HTML] First indoor radon mapping and assessment excess lifetime cancer risk in Iran

S Sherafat, SN Mansour, M Mosaferi, N Aminisani… - MethodsX, 2019 - Elsevier
Radon (222Rn) is believed to be the main contributor to lung cancer second to smoking. The
first national indoor radon map derived from some scattered regional radon surveys in Iran …

Radon and Its Short-Lived Products in Indoor Air: Present Status and Perspectives

J Vaupotič - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Initially, basic equations are given to express the activity concentrations and concentrations
of potential α-energies of radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Tn) and their short-lived products in …

[PDF][PDF] Indoor radon measurements in residential dwellings in Qom, Iran

M Fahiminia, RF Fard, R Ardani, K Naddafi… - International journal of …, 2016 - academia.edu
Background: Inhalation of radon and its short-lived decay products is one of the most
significant sources of exposure to natural radiation. Radon is the second cause of lung …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of the residential radon levels and the annual effective dose in dwellings of Shiraz, Iran, in 2015

M Yarahmadi, A Shahsavani, MH Mahmoudian… - Electronic …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods The present study is a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional research that was
conducted on the building's indoor air in the city of Shiraz in 2015. Using geographic …

Indoor radon measurement in dwellings of Khorramabad city, Iran

H Hassanvand, M Sadegh Hassanvand… - Iranian journal of …, 2018 - eprints.lums.ac.ir
Introduction: Exposure to indoor radon increases the risk of lung cancer. This study
examined the level of indoor radon in dwellings of Khorramabad city, by using passive alpha …

Indoor radon variations in central Iran and its geostatistical map

K Hadad, J Mokhtari - Atmospheric Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
We present the results of 2 year indoor radon survey in 10 cities of Yazd province in Central
Iran (covering an area of 80,000 km 2). We used passive diffusive samplers with LATEX …

Constructing environmental radon gas detector and measuring concentration in residential buildings

J Soltani-Nabipour, A Khorshidi, F Sadeghi - Physics of particles and …, 2019 - Springer
Background: From the health physics perspective, radon gas is one of the most dangerous
gases in residential and business environments. According to the WHO (World Health …

Perceived risk of exposure to indoor residential radon and its relationship to willingness to test among health care providers in Tehran

N Hazar, M Karbakhsh, M Yunesian, S Nedjat… - … of Environmental Health …, 2014 - Springer
Background Radon exposure is the second cause of lung cancer after exposure to tobacco
smoke and the first cause in nonsmokers. The purpose of this study was to assess perceived …

[PDF][PDF] Investigation of indoor radon concentration in dwellings of Aleshtar (western part of Iran) and estimation of the annual effective dose from exposure to radon

H Hassanvand, M Birjandi, A Amiri… - International Journal of …, 2019 - sid.ir
Background: One of the most important natural sources of human exposure is inhalation of
radon radioactive gas and its decay products in homes and at workplaces. According to the …