Radon, Concrete, Buildings and Human Health—A Review Study

HA Bulut, R Şahin - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
A comprehensive evaluation of the results obtained according to the measurement of radon
gas in buildings and concrete, which is the most consumed material in the world after water …

Radon Gas-Hazardous Element for Human Life Really Found in the Environment

C Rizo-Maestre, S Chinchón Yepes - 2015 - rua.ua.es
Radon is a gas that is considered as an extremely harmful element to people's health by the
World Health Organization (WHO). Radon is a type of radioactive gaseous element that is …

Detection and importance of the presence of Radon Gas in buildings

C Rizo-Maestre, S Chinchón Yepes - 2016 - rua.ua.es
Radon is a type of radioactive gaseous element that is considered as an extremely harmful
element to people's health by the World Health Organization (WHO). The study is radon gas …

Indoor radon concentrations caused by construction materials in 23 workplaces

P Korhonen, R Halonen, P Kalliokoski… - Science of the Total …, 2001 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to compare the measured and the calculated concentrations of
indoor radon caused by building materials at 23 workplaces. The measured concentrations …

Novel method of measurement of radon exhalation from building materials

A Awhida, P Ujić, I Vukanac, M Đurašević… - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the era of the energy saving policy (ie more air tight doors and windows), the radon
exhaled from building materials tends to increase its concentration in indoor air, which …

[PDF][PDF] Merits and demerits of different methods for radon exhalation measurements for building materials

A Awhida, P Ujić, PM Kolarž, IT Čeliković… - RAD Conference …, 2017 - core.ac.uk
With an increase in the awareness of the need to save energy, residents tend to live in
dwellings with increasingly tight windows and doors, thus reducing the ventilation rate of …

The effect of aging, humidity, and fly-ash additive on the radon exhalation from concrete

LMM Roelofs, LC Scholten - Health Physics, 1994 - journals.lww.com
Radon exhalation rates of concrete samples have been periodically determined for 6–8 y
after pouring the concrete. From the results, it can be concluded that the radon exhalation …

Estimation and validation of the corrected short-term model for radon exhalation rate on building materials

B Park, J Yoo, G Kim, J Lee, J Lee, S Shin… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents a corrected short-term model using the slope correction factor based on
existing short-term models for estimating radon exhalation rates of building materials using …

[PDF][PDF] Radon exhalation rates of building materials: Experimental, analytical protocol and classification criteria

P Tuccimei, M Castelluccio, M Soligo… - Building materials …, 2009 - researchgate.net
The strict correlation between indoor radon exposure and potential health hazard to
occupants is well known. The indoor radon concentrations mainly depend on radon …

[PDF][PDF] Measurements of radon exhalation rates in building materials used in Iraqi houses

SA Amin - International Journal of Applied Sciences and …, 2015 - researchgate.net
The aim of the present work was to measure radon concentrations and exhalation rates in
various construction materials in buildings in Iraq, using a CR-39 solid-state nuclear track …