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

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Autor(a) principal: Nunes, Leonel J. L.
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Curado, António, Graça, Luís C. C., Soares, Salete, Lopes, Sérgio Ivan
Tipo de documento: Outros
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/3151
Resumo: 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 factors associated with radon exposure, and how this can be harmful to the health of exposed populations. This article presents a comprehensive review of studies indicating a correlation between indoor radon exposure and the higher probability of occurrence of health problems in exposed populations. The analyzed studies statistically justify this correlation between exposure to indoor radon and the incidence of lung diseases in regions where concentrations are particularly high. However, some studies also showed that even in situations where indoor radon concentrations are lower, can be found a tendency, albeit smaller, for the occurrence of negative impacts on lung cancer incidence. Lastly, regarding risk remediation, an analysis has been conducted and presented in two core perspectives: (i) focusing on the identification and application of corrective measures in pre-existing buildings, and (ii) focusing on the implementation of preventive measures during the project design and before construction, both focusing on mitigating negative impacts of indoor radon exposure on the health of populations.
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title Impacts of indoor radon on health: a comprehensive review on causes, assessment and remediation strategies
spellingShingle Impacts of indoor radon on health: a comprehensive review on causes, assessment and remediation strategies
Nunes, Leonel J. L.
Indoor radon
Health impacts
Indoor radon assessment
Indoor radon remediation
title_short Impacts of indoor radon on health: a comprehensive review on causes, assessment and remediation strategies
title_full Impacts of indoor radon on health: a comprehensive review on causes, assessment and remediation strategies
title_fullStr Impacts of indoor radon on health: a comprehensive review on causes, assessment and remediation strategies
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of indoor radon on health: a comprehensive review on causes, assessment and remediation strategies
title_sort Impacts of indoor radon on health: a comprehensive review on causes, assessment and remediation strategies
author Nunes, Leonel J. L.
author_facet Nunes, Leonel J. L.
Curado, António
Graça, Luís C. C.
Soares, Salete
Lopes, Sérgio Ivan
author_role author
author2 Curado, António
Graça, Luís C. C.
Soares, Salete
Lopes, Sérgio Ivan
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Nunes, Leonel J. L.
Curado, António
Graça, Luís C. C.
Soares, Salete
Lopes, Sérgio Ivan
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Indoor radon
Health impacts
Indoor radon assessment
Indoor radon remediation
topic Indoor radon
Health impacts
Indoor radon assessment
Indoor radon remediation
description 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 factors associated with radon exposure, and how this can be harmful to the health of exposed populations. This article presents a comprehensive review of studies indicating a correlation between indoor radon exposure and the higher probability of occurrence of health problems in exposed populations. The analyzed studies statistically justify this correlation between exposure to indoor radon and the incidence of lung diseases in regions where concentrations are particularly high. However, some studies also showed that even in situations where indoor radon concentrations are lower, can be found a tendency, albeit smaller, for the occurrence of negative impacts on lung cancer incidence. Lastly, regarding risk remediation, an analysis has been conducted and presented in two core perspectives: (i) focusing on the identification and application of corrective measures in pre-existing buildings, and (ii) focusing on the implementation of preventive measures during the project design and before construction, both focusing on mitigating negative impacts of indoor radon exposure on the health of populations.
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