[HTML][HTML] Indoor radon Research in the Asia-Pacific region

M Janik, P Bossew, MM Hasan, G Cinelli - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Indoor radon is a major hazard to human health; it is one of the leading causes of lung
cancer. Therefore, radon research in Asia has intensified recently due to the growing …

Radon and Lung Cancer: Current Status and Future Prospects

Y Liu, Y Xu, W Xu, Z He, C Fu, F Du - Critical Reviews in Oncology …, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …

Lung cancer classification and identification framework with automatic nodule segmentation screening using machine learning

MH Alshayeji, S Abed - Applied Intelligence, 2023 - Springer
Lung cancer is often a fatal disease. To minimize patient mortality, the ability to identify the
nodule malignancy stage from computed tomography (CT) lung scans is critical. Most …

[HTML][HTML] Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Indoor Household Dust in Urban and Rural Areas of Chiang Mai and Lamphun Provinces, Thailand

K Somsunun, T Prapamontol, T Kuanpan… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Indoor exposure to heavy metals poses human health risks worldwide, but study reports
from Thailand are still limited, particularly in rural and urban areas. We measured the heavy …

[HTML][HTML] Health effects of natural environmental radiation during burning season in Chiang Mai, Thailand

N Autsavapromporn, C Krandrod, P Klunklin… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the first measurement of the investigation of the health impacts of indoor
radon exposure and external dose from terrestrial radiation in Chiang Mai province during …

The correlation between indoor and soil gas radon concentrations in Kiraz district, İzmir

S Erzin, G Yaprak - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024 - Springer
All humans are exposed to radon, the primary source of natural radiation, which can harm
people due to natural processes rather than human activity. Thus, it is of significant …

[HTML][HTML] Small RNA Deep Sequencing of Circulating RNAs Discovers a Unique Panel of microRNAs as Feasible and Reliable Biomarkers of Non-Small Cell Lung …

MTT Han, S Pornprasert, S Saeteng… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: This study aimed to assess the practicality and reliability of utilizing microRNAs
(miRNAs) as a potential screening and diagnosing tool for non-small cell lung cancers …

Contribution of Thoron and Its Progeny to the Effective Dose by Inhalation in the Uranium-Thorium Bearing Regions of Mayo Kebbi and Guéra in Chad

Z Patale, BG Samuel, C Kranrod, OB Modibo… - Health …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
In recent years, technological developments and hypotheses made by some researchers
have revealed that the effective inhalation dose from thoron and its progeny was …

[HTML][HTML] Radon exposure: a major cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers

M Urrutia-Pereira, JM Chatkin… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
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 …

Evaluation of indoor 222Rn and 220Rn concentrations in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India

L Narsha, VP Ramanand, S Achari, M Kavasara… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Naturally occurring radioactive gases which tend to build up (radon and thoron) in indoor
environs can cause deleterious health effects including the development of lung cancer. The …