ReviewYonsei medical journal2019
Health Effects of Radon Exposure.
Review in Yonsei medical journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.
- Radon exposure and potential health effects other than lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Quantifying mean, variability, and uncertainty in indoor radon exposure in Pennsylvania using random forest and quantile regression forest models.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Chronic radon exposure is associated with developmental alterations to neural and behavioral indices of cognitive control.NeuroImage · 2025Article
- Environmental Contaminants, Iron Deficiency, and Iron-Deficiency Anemia: A Review of the Literature.Scientifica · 2025Review
- Indoor radon exposure: A systematic review of radon-induced health risks and evidence quality using GRADE approach.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Radiation Detection-CD/DVD, Glass, and Emerging Materials for Radon Exposure Assessment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Neurotoxic effects of home radon exposure on oscillatory dynamics serving attentional orienting in children and adolescents.NeuroImage · 2024Article
- DNA Double Strand Break and Response Fluorescent Assays: Choices and Interpretation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Global trends of cancer: The role of diet, lifestyle, and environmental factors.Cancer innovation · 2023Review
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- Radon exposure: a major cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2023Review
- Chronic Home Radon Exposure Is Associated with Higher Inflammatory Biomarker Concentrations in Children and Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Proteomic and miRNA profiling of radon-induced skin damage in mice: FASN regulated by miRNAs.Journal of radiation research · 2022Article
- Correlative links between natural radiation and life expectancy in the US population.Biogerontology · 2022Article
- Impacts of Indoor Radon on Health: A Comprehensive Review on Causes, Assessment and Remediation Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Residential radon exposure and cancer.Oncology reviews · 2022Article
- The quantum leap in therapeutics for advancedFrontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Survey of Radon Concentrations in the University of Granada in Southern Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Radiation-related health hazards to uranium miners.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Review
- Radon Biomonitoring and microRNA in Lung Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive material that is formed as the decay product of uranium and thorium, and is estimated to contribute to approximately half of the average annual natural background radiation. When inhaled, it damages the lungs during radioactive decay and affects the human body. Through many epidemiological studies regarding occupational exposure among miners and residential exposure among the general population, radon has been scientifically proven to cause lung cancer, and radon exposure is the second most common cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking. However, it is unclear whether radon exposure causes diseases other than lung cancer. Media reports have often dealt with radon exposure in relation to health problems, although public attention has been limited to a one-off period. However, recently in Korea, social interest and concern about radon exposure and its health effects have increased greatly due to mass media reports of high concentrations of radon being released from various close-to-life products, such as mattresses and beauty masks. Accordingly, this review article is intended to provide comprehensive scientific information regarding the health effects of radon exposure.
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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.