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Indoor Radon Research in the Asia-Pacific Region

TitoloIndoor Radon Research in the Asia-Pacific Region
Tipo di pubblicazioneArticolo su Rivista peer-reviewed
Anno di Pubblicazione2023
AutoriJanik, Miroslaw, Bossew Peter, Hasan Md. Mahamudul, and Cinelli Giorgia
RivistaAtmosphere
Volume14
Type of ArticleReview
ISSN20734433
Abstract

Indoor radon is a major hazard to human health; it is one of the leading causes of lung cancer. Therefore, radon research in Asia has intensified recently due to the growing awareness of the harm that radon poses. An analysis of the collected literature data showed that in Asia–Oceania, some regions have—or are believed to have—little indoor radon problems due to climate and low Rn ground. It can be concluded that countries have their own approaches, techniques, and protocols. Data were not harmonized within each region; however, measurement techniques were compared by regional intercomparison exercises. The situation differs regarding studies on the usability of radon as a tracer or potential predictor of tectonic phenomena, as some countries are in seismically active zones, such as India, Taiwan, China, Japan, etc. India and Taiwan are global leaders in this research, as well as Italy, which is another seismically affected country. We provide an overview of radon-related surveying and research activities conducted in the western, southern, and eastern Asian regions over the past few years. Additionally, we observed that the number of indoor radon measurements per million inhabitants increases as the human development index (HDI) increases. © 2023 by the authors.

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URLhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85163984069&doi=10.3390%2fatmos14060948&partnerID=40&md5=3a033382fdd24c51f664ff17dac56fa0
DOI10.3390/atmos14060948
Citation KeyJanik2023