Radiation and radioactive isotopes form part of our natural environment. Elevated levels of
these radioactive isotopes in the environment can pose a threat to our health. A greater …

Indoor radon level measurement survey has been performed in different schools in
commercial districts zone 1 and neighboring industrial area zone 2 in the State of Kuwait …

The second most important cause of lung cancer after smoking is a radon gas. Thus, the
determination of indoor radon concentrations in residential buildings is an important public …

Radon and thoron gases are produced by radioactive decay of soil and rocks containing
uranium and thorium. Radon and thoron in dwellings constructed using soil and rocks rich in …

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 …

Radon is a radioactive natural gas that tends to concentrate in indoor homes and has major
health consequences, the most serious of which is the ability to cause lung cancer. This …

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 …

The aim of the study is to monitor indoor radon gas levels in dwellings in the Sakumono
Estates and its environs in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana in order to assess the risk of …

In this present work, the indoor radon concentration, the annual effective dose rate, the
annual dose equivalent rate to the lung and the populace risk were estimated in sandcrete …

Background Globally, radon is a natural contaminant that affects indoor air quality. Several
epidemiological studies have implicated high radon levels in the causality of lung cancer …