Radon interventions around the globe: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Radon is the primary source of environmental radiation exposure posing a significant human health risk in cold countries. In Canada, most provinces have revised building codes by 2017, requiring construction solutions to avoid radon in all new buildings. While various construction solutions and remediation techniques have been proposed and evaluated, the question about the best method that would effectively reduce radon in a variety of contexts remained unanswered. Radon practitioners, officials of radon control programs, and businesses offering radon testing and mitigation services, builders, property managers, homeowners and residents also have similar queries.

Objective

This paper systematically reviewed both experimental and observational studies (S) with rado

SUBMITTER: Khan SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6538966 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature