Geography and Natural Resources

ESTIMATION OF HEALTH RISK OF RADON IN AZERBAIJAN

F.F.Mahmudova

ANAS İnstitute of Geology and Geophysics, H.Javid ave. 119, AZ1143

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Abstract

According to the International Committee on Radiation Protection, 40-75% of common dose of people’s exposure by natural radioactive sources comes from radon and its decay products.  In 1987, radon and its decay pro­ducts were identified by experts of the International Agency on Cancer Re­search to the group of carcinogenic elements for humans. People’s protection from exposure by radioactive natural gas – radon and its decay products is a national problem and demands studying a number of questions related to ra­don source and radon availability in the buildings. Indoor radon studies in Azerbaijan were carried out for the first time in 2010-2011. In 2014-2015 the investigation of the radon problem in Azerbaijan has been continued in the framework of Azerbaijan State Program (2014-2018). The article presents typical results of the distribution of indoor radon gas and correlation analysis bet­ween the rates of lung cancer among the population and radon distribution on the territory of Azerbaijan.

 

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Publication Date: December 15, 2021

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