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| Title |
The health effects of radon and uranium on the population of Kazakhstan
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| Published in |
Genes and Environment, October 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s41021-015-0019-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rakmetkazhy I. Bersimbaev, Olga Bulgakova |
| Abstract |
The radioactive contamination is a significant factor affecting the environment and human health. Radon and its decay products are the major contributors to human exposure from natural radiation sources. World Health Organization has identified the chronic residential exposure to radon and its decay products as the second cause of lung cancer after tobacco consumption and also as the main risk-factor in never smokers. The high levels of radon are observed in the North and East areas of Kazakhstan because of the natural radiation sources and the long-term and large-scale mining of uranium. The genotoxic effects of radon on population of Kazakhstan are poorly understood, in spite of the fact that many regions of the country contain the high levels of radon. Studies elucidating potential health risk among population exposed to radon and genotoxic effect of radon in Kazakhstan are very limited or they have never been addressed in some areas. In this review, we are presenting available data on the residential radon exposure of humans in uranium mining and milling areas in the North and East areas of Kazakhstan. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 15% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 15% |
| France | 1 | 8% |
| Mongolia | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 92% |
| Scientists | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 83 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 83 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 11% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 32 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 8 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 10% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 6 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 6% |
| Engineering | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 22% |
| Unknown | 34 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 May 2023.
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