Lung cancer has high mortality and incidence rates. The leading causes of lung cancer are
smoking and radon exposure. Indeed, the World Health Organization (WHO) has …

Radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Rn), sources of natural background radiation, have been
the subjects of long-standing studies, including research into radon and thoron as major …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Our previous radon-thoron discriminative detector has several
functional problems. 9 An influence of electrostatics had to be considered because the …

The biological effects of low dose-rate radiation exposures on humans remains unknown. In
fact, the Japanese nation still struggles with this issue after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear …

Radiation dose rates were evaluated in three areas neighboring a restricted area within a 20-
to 50-km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in August–September 2012 …

In order to update the findings of relative risk associated with cigarette smoking for lung
cancer by histologic type in Japan, the data from a population‐based cohort study of 91,738 …

The radiation doses from natural radiation sources in Japan are reviewed using the latest
knowledge. The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation …

The term “log-normal mysticism” has been coined by Tóth et al.(2006) for the so far
unexplained observation that indoor radon concentration data from geographical surveys …

Nationwide outdoor radon (222Rn) concentrations in Japan were measured to survey the
environmental outdoor 222Rn level and to estimate the effective dose to the general public …

This paper presents the results of the seasonal indoor radon concentration measurements in
dwellings in all regions of the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia. The …