Impacts of indoor radon on health: a comprehensive review on causes, assessment and remediation strategies

LJR Nunes, A Curado, LCC Graça, S Soares… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Indoor radon exposure is raising concerns due to its impact on health, namely its known
relationship with lung cancer. Consequently, there is an urgent need to understand the risk …

Health impact of drying Aral Sea: One health and socio-economical approach

Anchita, A Zhupankhan, Z Khaibullina, Y Kabiyev… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Once one of the largest saline lakes, the Aral Sea, was recognized as a significant
environmental disaster as the water level decreased dramatically. Water level decrease …

Radon—the element of risk. The impact of radon exposure on human health

A Grzywa-Celińska, A Krusiński, J Mazur, K Szewczyk… - Toxics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is a heterogeneous group of diseases with multifactorial aetiology. Smoking
has been undeniably recognized as the main aetiological factor in lung cancer, but it should …

Radon biomonitoring and microRNA in lung cancer

R Bersimbaev, A Pulliero, O Bulgakova… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Radon is the number one cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. microRNA expression in
human bronchial epithelium cells is altered by radon, with particular reference to …

Spatial distribution of radon concentrations in groundwater and annual exposure doses in Mirpur District Pakistan

H Haroon, S Muhammad - Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Radon (222 Rn) is a readily water-soluble naturally occurring carcinogenic gas and poses
serious threats to a humans' health. This study aimed to investigate 222 Rn concentration in …

The level of free-circulating mtDNA in patients with radon-induced lung cancer

O Bulgakova, A Kussainova, A Kakabayev… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective According to the World Health Organization, radon is the second leading
cause of lung cancer after smoking. Cell free circulating mitochondrial DNA (cf mtDNA) have …

Increased prevalence of essential hypertension in areas previously exposed to fallout due to nuclear weapons testing at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan

A Markabayeva, S Bauer, L Pivina, G Bjørklund… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines the association between environmental radiation exposure and
essential hypertension in a series of investigated geographical districts adjacent to the …

Uranium (VI) detection in groundwater using a gold nanoparticle/paper-based lateral flow device

D Quesada-González, GA Jairo, RC Blake, DA Blake… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The contamination in groundwater due to the presence of uranium is nowadays a subject of
concern due to the severe health problems associated with renal failure, genotoxicity and …

Characterization of Uranyl (UO22+) Ion Binding to Amyloid Beta (Aβ) Peptides: Effects on Aβ Structure and Aggregation

E Berntsson, F Vosough, A Noormägi… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Uranium (U) is naturally present in ambient air, water, and soil, and depleted uranium (DU)
is released into the environment via industrial and military activities. While the radiological …

Epidemiology of somatic diseases and risk factors in the population living in the zone of influence of uranium mining enterprises of Kazakhstan: a pilot study

E Saifulina, D Janabayev, Y Kashkinbayev… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increase in uranium mining in Kazakhstan has brought with it a number of problems.
Reducing the negative impact of radiation-toxic factors on the health of workers and the …