Outdoor radon as a tool to estimate radon priority areas—a literature overview

I Čeliković, G Pantelić, I Vukanac… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Doses from the exposure to outdoor radon are typically an order of magnitude smaller than
those from indoor radon, causing a greater interest on investigation of the latter for radiation …

Radiological assessment of indoor radon and thoron concentrations and indoor radon map of dwellings in Mashhad, Iran

M Adelikhah, A Shahrokhi, M Imani… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A comprehensive study was carried out to measure indoor radon/thoron concentrations in
78 dwellings and soil-gas radon in the city of Mashhad, Iran during two seasons, using two …

[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 …

Radiometric evaluation of indoor radon levels with influence of building characteristics in residential homes from southwestern Nigeria

K Aladeniyi, AM Arogunjo, AJSC Pereira… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Indoor radon (222 Rn) measurements were carried out using solid state nuclear track
detectors (SSNTD) in some dwellings from southwestern Nigeria. This was aimed at …

Measurements of lung doses from radon and thoron in the dwellings of Al-Zulfi, Saudi Arabia, for the assessment of health risk due to ionizing radiation

MS Khan - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
The indoor radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Rn) concentrations have been measured by
using single-entry pinhole-based dosimetric technique, ie, developed and calibrated at …

Health risk assessment of soil trace elements using the Sequential Gaussian Simulation approach

S Akbulut Özen, CM Yesilkanat, M Özen… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
In this study, the performance of the Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGS) approach was
studied with the aim of accurately determining local health risk distributions associated with …

Indoor radon, external dose rate and assessment of lung cancer risk in dwellings: the case of Ebolowa town, Southern Cameroon

S Mbida Mbembe, B Akamba Mbembe… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The present work reports indoor Radon-222 activity concentration measurements, external
gamma dose rate measurements, and assessment of cancer risk in the different dwellings in …

Indoor radon concentration and excess lifetime cancer risk

P Otansev, N Bingöldağ - Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In this study, the indoor radon (222Rn) levels in summer and winter seasons were measured
by using a total of 537 CR-39 detectors. The arithmetic mean values (ranges) of radon …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of radon levels in some cosmetics using CR-39 nuclear detector

DH Shabaan, EH EL-Araby, TI Al-Nagaar - Journal of Radiation Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
People across the globe use cosmetics, thus studying radon in makeup is crucial for finding
solutions to lessen its harmful impacts. The research is concerned with examining the …

Estimation of radon excess lung cancer near some dumpsites in, Lagos, Nigeria

MA Olaoye, AK Ademola, OA Jegede… - Applied Radiation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Generally, in Nigeria dumpsites are open and elevate the pollution by increasing the total
environment contamination level. This affects not only the site of dumpsites but also the …