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Performance evaluation of radon measurement techniques in single-family homes

Radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas, poses a significant health risk as prolonged exposure indoors can lead to lung cancer. Current radon measurement techniques vary widely in methodology, device types, and exposure duration, posing challenges to ...

2025

Indoor air quality in swiss primary schools: impacts of mechanical ventilation and seasonal variation

Dusan Licina, Joan Rey

Indoor air quality (IAQ) in classrooms significantly impacts the comfort, health, and cognitive performance of students and teachers. The COVID-19 pandemic heightened awareness of IAQ, leading to increasing adoption of mechanical ventilation systems in sch ...

2025

Performance evaluation of radon active sensors and passive dosimeters at low and high radon concentrations

Dusan Licina, Joan Rey

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that has the potential to accumulate in buildings and over time, causes lung cancer in humans. Present methods for radon measurements are disparate, which pose challenges to benchmark radon concentrations and ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2024

Assessment of methods for radon detection in buildings

Joan Rey

Since the 80s, indoor radon, a radioactive noble gas, became a public health concern, with the WHO declaring it a carcinogen in 1987. Accurate radon measurement is crucial for estimating exposure and shaping policies to reduce lung cancer. Nowadays, the re ...

EPFL2024

Weather Impacts on Indoor Radon Short-Term Measurements in Switzerland

Joan Rey

Radon is a natural and radioactively well-known carcinogenic indoor air pollutant. Since 2020, a radon short-term proactive methodology has been proposed by Swiss authorities, which aims to evaluate the probability of overpassing the national reference val ...

MDPI2023