Open AccessModeling of lung cancer risk due to radon exhalation of granite stone in dwelling houses
Author(s) -
Akbar Abbasi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.204851
Subject(s) - radon , exhalation , lung cancer , medicine , environmental science , nuclear medicine , radiology , physics , quantum mechanics
Due to increasing occurrences of lung cancer, radon exhalation rates, radon concentrations, and lung cancer risks in several types of commonly used granite stone, samples used for flooring in buildings, have been investigated.