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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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Forecasting Radiation Effects on Wildlife in Japan After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Based on Limited Information of Post-Accident Early Stage in 2011 [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2014
Due to the 11 March 2011 Tohoku earthquake, massive radioactive materials were released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Fukushima NPP).
M. U. Saito, T. Doko, F. Koike
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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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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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Propagation Analysis of Pu Radionuclides as a Result of Fire Incidents in the Exclusion Zone of the Chernobyl NPP in April 2020

East European Journal of Physics, 2021
In consequence of nuclear accidents that have occurred in various parts of the world, radioactive contamination of the environment is observed. The risks of spreading pollution can increase during floods, fires and some natural disasters.
Maryna F. Коzhevnikova, Volodymyr V. Levenets   +1 more
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Background Pollution's effect on AERMOD Air Quality Modeling [PDF]

اکولوژی انسانی
Air pollution is the presence of harmful substances in the air at concentrations sufficient to cause adverse effects. This includes solid, liquid, or gaseous pollutants, as well as radioactive and non-radioactive radiation, present at levels and ...
Reza Peykanpour Fard, Sohrab Hasheminejad, Maryam Ejei   +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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Are passive smoking, air pollution and obesity a greater mortality risk than major radiation incidents? [PDF]

, 2007
Background Following a nuclear incident, the communication and perception of radiation risk becomes a (perhaps the) major public health issue. In response to such incidents it is therefore crucial to communicate radiation health risks in the context of ...
Smith, Jim, Smith, Jim T., Smith Jim T, Jim T Smith   +3 more
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RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION

, 2022
Human and nature have mutual relationship.Environment has direct effect on human life.Human development is based on environment.Man has progressed by using various elements of environment.But by overusing the elements of environment,the work of ...
Dr. Smt. Sindhu Parasram Khandare
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Nature of Relationships Between Atmospheric Electricity Parameters at Ground Surface and Air Ionization on the Basis of Nuclear Accidents in Power Plants and Weapons Tests

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021
In this work we present an analysis of selected atmospheric electricity parameters, measured at the Geophysical Observatory in Świder (near Warsaw, Poland), in a review of the major events that resulted in the release of a significant amount of ...
Marek Kubicki, Bogna Mysłek-Laurikainen, Anna Odzimek   +2 more
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