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CONSIDERATIONS ON REDUCTION OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION FROM RADIOACTIVE EMISSIONS FROM BUILDING MATERIALS AND THE GROUND [PDF]

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 2017
The goal of this paper is to study the reduction of health risks from indoor radioactive pollutants, as thoron emissions from common building materials, and radon emission from both building materials and the ground. In particular, when dealing with the indoor environment, one of the most important hazard is represented by radon gas, considered by the ...
IPPOLITO, ROSARIA, LEPORE, LUIGI, REMETTI, Romolo   +2 more
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Exercise training in polluted environment: A narrative review with focus on combat physical fitness [PDF]

Journal of Exercise & Organ Cross Talk, 2022
Air pollution is one of the most important problems of recent decades, which has serious toxic effects on human health and the environment. Sources of pollution vary from small units of cigarettes and natural sources such as volcanic activity to large ...
Ehsan Arabzadeh, Behzad Bazgir, Mahdieh Molanouri Shamsi   +2 more
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Warning on nine pollutants and their effects on avian communities

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Anthropogenic pollution is increasingly pervasive throughout all ecosystems worldwide. In recent years, negative consequences on many taxa, such as birds, have been observed.
Freddie-Jeanne Richard, India Southern, Mari Gigauri, Ginevra Bellini, Oscar Rojas, Anne Runde   +5 more
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Problems in radon measurements in context of epidemiological studies [PDF]

Archive of Oncology, 2004
Epidemiological case control study is considered to be primary instrument to investigate the relationship between population indoor radon exposure and risk of lung cancer.
Yarmoshenko Ilia V., Kirdin Ivan A.
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Ovarian Malignancies Frequency in the Female Population from the Bryansk Region Living in Conditions of Radioactive, Chemical and Combine Contamination (2000–2020)

Life, 2021
Background: Radioactive contamination and chemical pollution of the environment can affect the processes of carcinogenesis, including the formation of malignant neoplasms of the ovaries in women.
Anton V. Korsakov, Alexandra A. Golovleva, Vladislav P. Troshin, Dmitry G. Lagerev, Leonid I. Pugach   +4 more
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Exposure to Air Pollution and Particle Radioactivity With the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias [PDF]

Circulation, 2020
Background: Individuals are exposed to air pollution and ionizing radiation from natural sources through inhalation of particles. This study investigates the association between cardiac arrhythmias and short-term exposures to fine particulate matter (particulate matter ≤2.5 µm aerodynamic diameter; PM
Adjani A. Peralta, Mark S. Link, Joel Schwartz, Heike Luttmann-Gibson, Douglas W. Dockery, Annelise Blomberg, Yaguang Wei, Murray A. Mittleman, Diane R. Gold, Francine Laden, Brent A. Coull, Petros Koutrakis   +11 more
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Performance Evaluation for Related Techniques of the Proposed Environment Pollution Monitoring System for an Iraqi Case Study

Journal of Techniques, 2021
The main challenge of this research is to scale the IoT platform aspects related to exchanging, processing, and archiving messages at the lowest cost compute-wise, through evaluating and selecting the most appropriate techniques that can be used in the ...
Taha E. Al-jarakh, Osama Abbas Hussein, Alaa Khamees Al-azzawi, Mahmood Farhan Mosleh   +3 more
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COVID-19 and the Additional Radiological Risk during the Lockdown Period in the Province of Naples City (South Italy)

Life, 2022
The lockdown restrictions, as a first solution to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, have affected everyone’s life and habits, including the time spent at home. The latter factor has drawn attention to indoor air quality and the impact on human
Giuseppe La Verde, Valeria Artiola, Marco La Commara, Vittoria D’Avino, Leopoldo Angrisani, Giuseppe Sabatino, Mariagabriella Pugliese   +6 more
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Adsorptive Removal of Cesium Ions Using Prussian Blue Immobilized Coffee Ground Biochar

대한환경공학회지, 2021
Objectives: Among various radioactive contaminants, radioactive cesium is one of the most harmful radionuclides that causes human health issues due to its high emission of gamma-ray, high solubility, high mobility, high fission yield, and long half ...
Youngsu Lim, Dongwoo Kim, Jiseon Jang, Bolam Kim, Dae Sung Lee   +4 more
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The Environmental Effects of the April 2020 Wildfires and the Cs-137 Re-Suspension in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: A Multi-Hazard Threat

Atmosphere, 2021
This paper demonstrates the environmental impacts of the wildfires occurring at the beginning of April 2020 in and around the highly contaminated Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ).
Rocío Baró, Christian Maurer, Jerome Brioude, Delia Arnold, Marcus Hirtl   +4 more
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