[HTML][HTML] A review of relevant parameters for assessing indoor air quality in educational facilities

PTBS Branco, SIV Sousa, MR Dudzińska… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Indoor air quality (IAQ) in educational facilities is crucial due to the extended time students
spend in those environments, affecting their health, academic performance, and attendance …

[HTML][HTML] Radon in indoor air: towards continuous monitoring

JP Sá, PTBS Branco, MCM Alvim-Ferraz, FG Martins… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Radon poses significant health risks. Thus, the continuous monitoring of radon
concentrations in buildings' indoor air is relevant, particularly in schools. Low-cost sensors …

RnProbe: A LoRa-enabled IoT edge device for integrated radon risk management

F Pereira, SI Lopes, NB Carvalho, A Curado - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can easily accumulate in indoor
environments. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), radon gas is the second …

Natural radiation of chemical fertilisers and radiological impact on agriculture soil

A Abbasi - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2022 - Springer
To investigate the radiological hazards indices of chemical fertilisers commonly used in
agriculture soils of Arasbaran, Iran, the activity concentration of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K in …

RnMonitor: A WebGIS-based platform for expedite in situ deployment of IoT edge devices and effective Radon Risk Management

SI Lopes, PM Moreira, AM Cruz… - 2019 IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
IoT-based monitoring (ie smart monitoring) technologies have been recently used for on-line
monitoring in many application fields, such as home, environmental and industrial process …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term vs. short-term measurements in indoor Rn concentration monitoring: Establishing a procedure for assessing exposure potential (RnEP)

LJR Nunes, A Curado - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Radon (Rn-222 or Rn) is a naturally occurring chemical element that belongs to the
progeny of U-238 released from soil and rocks into the atmosphere, whose impact on …

Fuzzy radon hazard index assessment for stochastic environmental health risk evaluation of urban scale building

H Sarkheil, D Shirkhani, Y Azimi, A Talebi… - … Research and Risk …, 2023 - Springer
Radon gas emission is emerging phenomenon that poses potential danger to human health
as a result of modern lifestyles. Thus, it is critical to conduct stochastic evaluations of the …

Variation of indoor radon concentration in a walk-in type test chamber under controlled environmental conditions

A Joshi, P Panwar, M Prasad, KP Singh… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2024 - Springer
Long-term internal exposure to radon and its progenies may lead to lung cancer. An
experimental setup was arranged to assess the impact of temperature and humidity on the …

On the relation of geology, natural ventilation and indoor radon concentration: the northern Portugal case study

A Curado, SI Lopes, AMMC Antão - Comunicações Geológicas, 2021 - repositorio.lneg.pt
Alto Minho region, Northwest of Portugal, presents high indoor radon concentrations due to
the granitic nature of the soil. Indoor radon concentration is related to the amount of uranium …

Short-term indoor radon gas assessment in granitic public buildings: A multi-parameter approach

R Azevedo, JP Silva, N Lopes, A Curado… - … and Automation in Smart …, 2021 - Springer
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas formed in the soil with higher predominance
in granitic zones. It is a well-known Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) parameter that is measured in …