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Radon Gas

Radon Gas is a naturally occurring radioactive noble gas that originates from the decay of uranium in soil and rock, distinguished by its colorless, odorless, and chemically inert properties, and poses significant health risks as a leading cause of lung cancer when accumulated indoors.

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Publications

837

Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies

Sarah C. Darby, David Hill, Anssi Auvinen et al. · BMJ · 2004 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Direct evidence for the participation of gap junction-mediated intercellular communication in the transmission of damage signals from alpha -particle irradiated to nonirradiated cells

Edouard I. Azzam · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 592 citations

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Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI Report), National Research Council, National Academic Press, Washington DC, ISBN 0-309-05645-4

H. Friedmann · European Journal of Radiology · 2000 · 364 citations

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Residential Radon Gas Exposure and Lung Cancer: The Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study

R. William Field, Daniel J. Steck, Bruce A. Smith et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology · 2000 · 294 citations

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Radon evasion rates in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as determined during the Geosecs Program

T.‐H. Peng, Wallace S. Broecker, Guy Mathieu et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1979 · 263 citations

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Authors

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  1. RC
    R. C. Ramola

    Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, India

    16 publications · 732 citations

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  2. ST
    Shinji Tokonami

    Hirosaki University, Japan

    14 publications · 518 citations

    13

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  3. TF
    Tsanyao Frank Yang

    National Taiwan University, Taiwan

    13 publications · 586 citations

    12

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  4. SS
    Surinder Singh

    Guru Nanak Dev University, India

    10 publications · 272 citations

    10

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  5. MR
    Muhammad Rafique

    University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

    10 publications · 275 citations

    10

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Institutions

911

  1. Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University

    Srīnagar, India

    14 h-index

    42 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    36 publications

    1K citations

  3. National Taiwan University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    12 h-index

    37 publications

    2K citations

  4. University of South China

    Hengyang, China

    11 h-index

    67 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. Guru Nanak Dev University

    Amritsar, India

    10 h-index

    39 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire

    Fontenay-aux-Roses, France

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    4.7K citations

  7. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    939 citations

  8. Federal Office for Radiation Protection

    Salzgitter, Germany

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    2.8K citations

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  1. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

    43 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. Radiation Protection Dosimetry

    77 publications · 1.9K citations

    25

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  3. Radiation Measurements

    31 publications · 1.2K citations

    21

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  4. Health Physics

    36 publications · 1.2K citations

    20

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 18 publications · 1.2K citations

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