Radon: Sources, Health Risks, and Hazard Mapping

Radon: sources, health risks, and hazard mapping.

Radon risks

Background: Thus far important findings regarding the dementia syndrome have been implemented into patients' medical care only inadequately. A professional training accounting for both, general practitioners' (GP) needs and learning preferences as well as care-relevant aspects could be a major step towards improving medical care. In the WIDA-study, entitled "Knowledge translation on dementia in...

Assessment of Heavy Metals in Road Dust of Behbahan City, Iran: Distribution, Sources and Health Risks

Introduction: Road dust is a group of solid particles that are presented in the urban areas and are originated from both natural and human-induced sources. This study aims to determine concentrations of heavy metals in urban dusts in Behbahan to identify their natural or anthropogenic sources. Materials and Methods: In this study, a total of 20 samples were collected from main roads with diffe...

The Analysis of Putative Sources of Health Hazard

Comparative health and environmental risks for various energy sources

by S. Haddad I he first attempts to compare the environmenand tal and health impacts of different electricity R. Dones production systems were made in the 1970s. At that time, fundamental decisions had to be taken on the best way of satisfying the rapid growth in electricity demand. Promoters of this generation of comparative studies were basically inspired by a willingness to rank on a unidime...