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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Design and Development of a New Methodology Based on Expert Systems Applied to the Prevention of Indoor Radon Gas Exposition Risks.

Jorge Cerqueiro-Pequeño, Alberto Comesaña-Campos, Manuel Casal-Guisande, José-Benito Bouza-Rodríguez

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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 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jorge Cerqueiro-PequeñoDepartment of Design in Engineering, University of Vigo, 36208 Vigo, Galicia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8617-595X
Alberto Comesaña-CamposDepartment of Design in Engineering, University of Vigo, 36208 Vigo, Galicia, Spain.
Manuel Casal-GuisandeDepartment of Design in Engineering, University of Vigo, 36208 Vigo, Galicia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1494-8145
José-Benito Bouza-RodríguezDepartment of Design in Engineering, University of Vigo, 36208 Vigo, Galicia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1235-7264
Universidade de Vigo · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to high concentration levels of radon gas constitutes a major health hazard, being nowadays the second-leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. Facing this situation, the last years have seen a clear trend towards the search for methodologies that allow an efficient prevention of the potential risks derived from the presence of harmful radon gas concentration levels in buildings. With that, it is intended to establish preventive and corrective actions that might help to reduce the impact of radon exposure on people, especially in places where workers and external users must stay for long periods of time, as it may be the case of healthcare buildings. In this paper, a new methodology is developed and applied to the prevention of the risks derived from the exposure to radon gas in indoor spaces. Such methodology is grounded in the concurrent use of expert systems and regression trees that allows producing a diagram with recommendations associated to the exposure risk. The presented methodology has been implemented by means of a software application that supports the definition of the expert systems and the regression algorithm. Finally, after proving its applicability with a case study and discussing its contributions, it may be claimed that the benefits of the new methodology might lead on to an innovation in this field of study.

Indexed as

Air Pollutants, RadioactiveRadonAir Pollution, IndoorExpert SystemsHumansLung NeoplasmsAir Pollutants, RadioactiveRadondecision support systemsdesign science researchexpert systemsradonregression treerisk

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PMID33396542
PMCPMC7795946
OpenAlexW3115847100

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