Smoking reduces radon dose to the lungs?

written by Nadja Železnik
23. May 2023
Categories: Papers

A recent RadoNorm study by Honorio da Silva et al. has found that miners chronic smokers receive 3% smaller lung doses than a non-smoking reference adult male (stipulated by the International Commission on Radiological Protection), and dose for smokers is reduced by 14% in indoor workplaces and tourist caves compared to the reference. More information can be found here.

Related Posts

New publication from WP5

A new article was published by colleagues from the National Institute for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection in the Czech Republic, working in WP5 (Mitigation) of RadoNorm. Given the considerable variability of environmental and working conditions at...

New publication from WP4

A new article was published by colleagues from University Paris Cité, Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire et de Radioprotection, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, and Stockholm University, working in WP4 (Effects and Risks) of RadoNorm. In their paper titled Comprehensive...

New publication from WP2

A new article was published by colleagues from University of Barcelona working in WP2 (Exposure) of RadoNorm. The article titled Chemical analogues and probabilistic functions to derive distribution coefficients of radium in soils in the Journal of Environmental...

Comments

0 Comments

X