Indoor Radon
Approximately half of the public exposure to radioactivity comes from radon, which is a naturally occurring radioactive noble gas. Radon and its decay products mainly enter the human body by inhalation indoors. Exposure to radon has been reported as a leading cause of lung cancer, and several studie...
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| description | Approximately half of the public exposure to radioactivity comes from radon, which is a naturally occurring radioactive noble gas. Radon and its decay products mainly enter the human body by inhalation indoors. Exposure to radon has been reported as a leading cause of lung cancer, and several studies are currently investigating its correlation with other health effects. Radon is generated mostly by rocks, either in the soil or in building materials, that contain radium-226. The resulting radon atoms enter buildings directly due to an activity concentration gradient or indirectly via a radon carrier, either air or domestic water. This book reports a systematic review of the mathematical formulations proposed to model radon generation and transport mechanisms. It presents original complements to the formulations proposed. It also examines most of the phenomena and properties influencing radon generation and transport. The result is a comprehensive theoretical treatment of the leading processes underlying radon accumulation in closed spaces. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1354222024-04-09T11:41:08Z Indoor Radon Di Carlo, Christian Maiorana, Andrea Bochicchio, Francesco natural radioactivity indoor air thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment Approximately half of the public exposure to radioactivity comes from radon, which is a naturally occurring radioactive noble gas. Radon and its decay products mainly enter the human body by inhalation indoors. Exposure to radon has been reported as a leading cause of lung cancer, and several studies are currently investigating its correlation with other health effects. Radon is generated mostly by rocks, either in the soil or in building materials, that contain radium-226. The resulting radon atoms enter buildings directly due to an activity concentration gradient or indirectly via a radon carrier, either air or domestic water. This book reports a systematic review of the mathematical formulations proposed to model radon generation and transport mechanisms. It presents original complements to the formulations proposed. It also examines most of the phenomena and properties influencing radon generation and transport. The result is a comprehensive theoretical treatment of the leading processes underlying radon accumulation in closed spaces. 2024-03-07T17:21:29Z 2024-03-07T17:21:29Z 2023 book ONIX_20240307_9780850141818_331 9780850141818 9780850141801 9780850141825 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/135422 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://www.intechopen.com/books/13490 https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/13490/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.112088 10.5772/intechopen.112088 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9780850141818 9780850141801 9780850141825 IntechOpen 68 open access |
| spellingShingle | natural radioactivity indoor air thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment Indoor Radon |
| title | Indoor Radon |
| title_full | Indoor Radon |
| title_fullStr | Indoor Radon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Indoor Radon |
| title_short | Indoor Radon |
| title_sort | indoor radon |
| topic | natural radioactivity indoor air thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment |
| topic_facet | natural radioactivity indoor air thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment |
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