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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Associations Between School Characteristics and Classroom Radon Concentrations in Utah's Public Schools: A Project Completed by University Environmental Health Students.

Elizabeth A Davis, Judy Y Ou, Cheyenne Chausow, Marco A Verdeja, Eleanor Divver, James D Johnston, John D Beard

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Indoor Radon Exposure Among Schoolchildren: A Systematic Review of Risk Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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  3. Radon exposure: a major cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Elizabeth A DavisDepartment of Public Health, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Judy Y OuCancer Control and Population Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Cheyenne ChausowDepartment of Public Health, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Marco A VerdejaDepartment of Public Health, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Eleanor DivverRadon Program, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, USA.
James D JohnstonDepartment of Public Health, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6009-7241
John D BeardDepartment of Public Health, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7156-0887

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radon (²²²Rn), a radioactive gas, is the second leading cause of lung cancer deaths in the U.S. Classroom radon concentrations in public schools in our target area had never been measured or had not been measured in many years. We had university students, primarily enrolled in environmental health courses, measure radon concentrations in 2289 classrooms in 66 of Utah's public schools and identify school characteristics associated with classroom radon concentrations. The geometric mean (GM) classroom radon concentration was 31.39 (95% confidence interval (CI): 27.16, 36.28) Bq/m

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Air Pollutants, RadioactiveAir Pollution, IndoorRadiation MonitoringRadonChildEnvironmental HealthFacility Design and ConstructionHumansSchoolsStudentsUniversitiesUtahAir Pollutants, RadioactiveRadonRadon-222environmentalexposure assessmentoccupationalradonschool

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PMID32806724
PMCPMC7460026

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