Diversity of microfungi in a high radon cave ecosystem

T Martin-Pozas, A Nováková, V Jurado… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Castañar Cave is a clear example of an oligotrophic ecosystem with high hygrothermal
stability both seasonal and interannual and the particularity of registering extraordinary …

Winter exercise and speleotherapy for allergy and asthma: a randomized controlled clinical trial

J Freidl, D Huber, H Braunschmid, C Romodow… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The prevalence of allergic respiratory diseases is still rising and efforts
towards holistic treatments should be made. Although speleotherapy is widely applied in …

Minimum Detectable Activity of Pb-210 in Skull From In vivo Measurements: Insights From the Literature

X Meng, Y Liu, B Wu, J Cheng, L Wang… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
To address the urgent need for the retrospective assessment of the health conditions of
people with a history of appreciable radon exposure, a novel technique that directly …

The role of cave ventilation in governing cave air temperature and radon levels (Postojna Cave, Slovenia).

A Gregorič, J Vaupotič… - International journal of …, 2014 - search.ebscohost.com
ABSTRACT Radon concentration and cave temperature were studied at two
morphologically different locations (the Beautiful Caves-BC and the lowest point-LP) in …

Radon survey in caves from Mallorca Island, Spain

OA Dumitru, BP Onac, JJ Fornós, C Cosma… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study reports radon concentration in the most representative caves of Mallorca,
identifying those in which the recommended action level is exceeded, thus posing health …

Comparative studies on radon seasonal variations in various undeground environments: Cases of abandoned Beshtaugorskiy uranium mine and Kungur Ice Cave

PS Miklyaev, TB Petrova, NG Maksimovich… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is well known that one of the most important risk factors in underground environment is the
harmful effects of radon. The reasons for strong seasonal fluctuations in radon content in …

Insights on Climate‐Driven Fluctuations of Cave 222Rn and CO2 Concentrations Using Statistical and Wavelet Analyses

C Pla, A Fernandez-Cortes, S Cuezva… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the fluctuations in cave air concentrations and their climatic control is
substantial not only to preserve the quality of indoor atmospheres but also to avoid the risk …

High radon levels in subterranean environments: monitoring and technical criteria to ensure human safety (case of Castañar cave, Spain)

M Alvarez-Gallego, E Garcia-Anton… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Castañar cave contains the highest radon gas (222 Rn) concentration in Spain with an
annual average of 31.9 kBq m− 3. Seasonal variations with summer minimums and …

Radon: a radioactive therapeutic element

TA Przylibski - 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This paper presents selected issues related to the use of 222 Rn in therapeutic treatments.
Radon is a radioactive element whose usage in medicine for more than 100 years is based …

Radon in dead-end caves in Europe

M Briestenský, F Ambrosino, I Smetanová, L Thinová… - 2022 - rua.ua.es
We report the results of 3-years of Radon-222 monitoring in six show caves across Europe,
selected with the feature of having only one, or no natural entrance, defined as dead-end …