Radon awareness in Metro Vancouver
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چکیده
Radon is a naturally occurring harmful radioactive gas and the second leading cause of lung cancer (WHO, 2021). Canada gets very high number immigrants every year immigrant population increasing dramatically (Government Canada, 2005). Assessing immigrants’ knowledge in metro Vancouver on radon can help identify whether education for needed to aid prevention cancer.
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عنوان ژورنال: BCIT environmental public health journal
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2563-5123']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47339/ephj.2022.215