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 …

Seasonal variation of indoor radon concentration in a desert climate

HM Al-Khateeb, M Nuseirat, K Aljarrah… - Applied Radiation and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Radon is one of the sources that negatively affect dwellings air quality and is ranked as a
main cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking. The indoor radon concentrations usually …

The FIRST large-scale mapping of radon concentration in soil gas and water in Romania

B Burghele, A Ţenter, A Cucoş, T Dicu… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the framework of the last Council Directive 2013/59 (Euratom, 2014) laying down basic
safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionizing …

Determination of radon exhalation rates from soil around buildings in Lagos environments using passive measurement technique

OP Abodunrin, MK Akinloye - Journal of Environmental Health Science …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose In this study, measurements of radon concentrations and estimation of exhalation
rates were carried out in soil around buildings within Lagos State in order to determine the …

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] Estimation of indoor radon levels using etched track detector

BA El-Badry, TI Al-Naggar - Journal of radiation research and applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this investigation, the activity levels of Indoor Radon-222, effective radium contents,
exhalation rate of radon, and annual effective dose are reported for different indoor locations …

Investigation of radon concentrations and effective radium content in soils and dwellings of Wolaita Sodo town, Ethiopia

N Maregu, L Nebere, N Abeje… - Journal of Radiation …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: People in the world have always been exposed continuously to natural
radionuclides originated from the Earth's crust. Radionuclide of terrestrial origin like radon is …

The natural radioactivity of Istria, Croatia

V Radolić, I Miklavčić, MP Sovilj, D Stanić… - Radiation Physics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Because of the geological structure of the Istrian peninsula which mainly consists of
limestone that is characterized by karstic topography on its surface, it is expected that there …

Development of a corrective model of short-term radon concentrations to estimate annual effective doses in the primary schools of the Doukkala-Abda region, Morocco

S Ouakkas, A Boukhair, MAS Abdo… - Indoor and Built …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In order to assess the radiological impact of radon on> 250,000 students, the total annual
effective dose was estimated inside 204 Moroccan primary schools sampled in the Doukkala …

Studying of Radon Gas Concentrations in Soil Qaa Al-Hakel Agricultural Area, Ibb, Yemen

M Al Mugahed, F Bentayeb - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2019 - Elsevier
The study has addressed the concentration of radon gas (222 Rn) in the soil by the sealed-
can technique based on CR-39 nuclear track detectors (NTDs), during spring. The study …