Hormesis implies that the effects of various materials or conditions that organisms are
exposed to, may not have linear dose-response characteristics but rather, can be biphasic …

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 …

Objective This study employed time series data to assess long-term changes in the burden
of lung cancer (LC) caused by residential radon exposure, an important environmental risk …

Backgrouds As a human carcinogen, radon and its progeny are the second most important
risk factor for lung cancer after smoking. The tumor suppressor gene, p53, is reported to play …

Exposure to radon gas in households presents serious health risks, including an increased
likelihood of lung cancer. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the change in individual habits …

This study evaluated the public health risks of radon (222Rn) in groundwater of Neyyar
River Basin (NRB), southwest India. Among the 68 samples, 222Rn activity ranged from …

Exposure to radon can impact human health. This is a nonsystematic review of articles
written in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese published in the last decade (2013 …

RESUMO A exposição ao radônio pode ter impacto na saúde humana. Esta é uma revisão
não sistemática de artigos escritos em inglês, espanhol, francês ou português publicados …

Objective This ecological study is to assess if there is a relationship between residential
radon exposure and two lung cancer histological types, small-cell carcinoma (diagnosed in …

The focus of this chapter are on radon, the substance with the highest carcinogenic potential
indoors, and metals (especially heavy metals). They are presented individually in detail. In …