PROMETHEUS, Unidade de Investigação em Materiais, Energia e Ambiente para a Sustentabilidade, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal.
Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, 4990-706 Ponte de Lima, Portugal.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 25;19(7):3929. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19073929.
Indoor radon exposure is raising concerns due to its impact on health, namely its known relationship with lung cancer. Consequently, there is an urgent need to understand the risk factors associated with radon exposure, and how this can be harmful to the health of exposed populations. This article presents a comprehensive review of studies indicating a correlation between indoor radon exposure and the higher probability of occurrence of health problems in exposed populations. The analyzed studies statistically justify this correlation between exposure to indoor radon and the incidence of lung diseases in regions where concentrations are particularly high. However, some studies also showed that even in situations where indoor radon concentrations are lower, can be found a tendency, albeit smaller, for the occurrence of negative impacts on lung cancer incidence. Lastly, regarding risk remediation, an analysis has been conducted and presented in two core perspectives: (i) focusing on the identification and application of corrective measures in pre-existing buildings, and (ii) focusing on the implementation of preventive measures during the project design and before construction, both focusing on mitigating negative impacts of indoor radon exposure on the health of populations.
室内氡暴露引起了人们的关注，因为它对健康有影响，特别是与肺癌有关。因此，迫切需要了解与氡暴露相关的风险因素，以及这对暴露人群的健康有何危害。本文全面回顾了表明室内氡暴露与暴露人群健康问题发生概率更高之间存在相关性的研究。分析的研究从统计学上证明了室内氡暴露与该地区肺病发病率之间的这种相关性，在这些地区，浓度特别高。然而，一些研究还表明，即使在室内氡浓度较低的情况下，也会发现对肺癌发病率产生负面影响的趋势较小。最后，关于风险补救，已经进行了分析，并从两个核心角度提出：（i）侧重于识别和应用现有建筑物中的纠正措施，以及（ii）侧重于在项目设计和施工前实施预防措施，均侧重于减轻室内氡暴露对人群健康的负面影响。
