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Article

Relationships among Indoor Radon, Earthquake Magnitude Data and Lung Cancer Risks in a Residential Building of an Apulian Town (Southern Italy)

by
Luigi Vimercati
1,2,*,
Domenica Cavone
1,2,
Maria Celeste Delfino
1,2,
Luigi De Maria
1,2,
Antonio Caputi
1,2,
Stefania Sponselli
1,2,
Vincenzo Corrado
1,2,
Vito Bruno
3,
Gianfranco Spalluto
4,
Giorgia Eranio
5 and
Giovanni Maria Ferri
1,2
1
Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Section of Occupational Medicine, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
2
Occupational Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
3
Regional Agency for Environmental Protection—Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale (ARPA) Puglia Corso Trieste, 27, 70126 Bari, Italy
4
Coing Soc Coop a RL, Via dei Mestieri snc, 75100 Matera, Italy
5
Stam S.r.l., Piazza della Vittoria, 14/11, 16121 Genova, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Atmosphere 2021, 12(10), 1342; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101342
Submission received: 2 September 2021 / Revised: 6 October 2021 / Accepted: 10 October 2021 / Published: 14 October 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Atmospheric Radon Measurements, Control, Mitigation and Management)
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Abstract

(1) Background: The association of radon-222 with lung cancer is well studied. The aim of the study was to validate a model of indoor radon measurements, to apply radon software to estimate lung cancer cases that are attributable to radon and to study the relationship between radon and earthquakes. (2) Methods: Different data detectors were used to obtain radon measurements in different places. Continuous data collection and predictions of indoor radon concentrations were carried out. Software was used to assess radon-attributable lung cancer cases, and data related to earthquake magnitudes were downloaded from Italian Vulcanology Institute. (3) Results: As expected, the highest radon concentrations were observed on the ground floor (232 ± 232 Bq/m3), with higher values measured during winter than in other seasons. The comparison of the detectors showed the overlapping of the two detectors-measured data sets. The cases of lung cancer that were attributable to radon in Locorotondo were studied (3.66/10,000). From the multivariate analysis of the relationship between high radon concentrations and high earthquake magnitude values, they show statistically significant ORs of just over 1. (4) Conclusions: Although the measured values are, on average, within the reference level, prevention measures must be implemented, as the measured radon values allow us to estimate an expected value of 3.66 cases of lung cancer per 10,000 people in the resident population.
Keywords: radon; exposure detectors; lung cancer estimation software; earthquake; residential building radon; exposure detectors; lung cancer estimation software; earthquake; residential building

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Vimercati, L.; Cavone, D.; Delfino, M.C.; De Maria, L.; Caputi, A.; Sponselli, S.; Corrado, V.; Bruno, V.; Spalluto, G.; Eranio, G.; et al. Relationships among Indoor Radon, Earthquake Magnitude Data and Lung Cancer Risks in a Residential Building of an Apulian Town (Southern Italy). Atmosphere 2021, 12, 1342. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101342

AMA Style

Vimercati L, Cavone D, Delfino MC, De Maria L, Caputi A, Sponselli S, Corrado V, Bruno V, Spalluto G, Eranio G, et al. Relationships among Indoor Radon, Earthquake Magnitude Data and Lung Cancer Risks in a Residential Building of an Apulian Town (Southern Italy). Atmosphere. 2021; 12(10):1342. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101342

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Vimercati, Luigi, Domenica Cavone, Maria Celeste Delfino, Luigi De Maria, Antonio Caputi, Stefania Sponselli, Vincenzo Corrado, Vito Bruno, Gianfranco Spalluto, Giorgia Eranio, and et al. 2021. "Relationships among Indoor Radon, Earthquake Magnitude Data and Lung Cancer Risks in a Residential Building of an Apulian Town (Southern Italy)" Atmosphere 12, no. 10: 1342. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101342

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Vimercati, L., Cavone, D., Delfino, M. C., De Maria, L., Caputi, A., Sponselli, S., Corrado, V., Bruno, V., Spalluto, G., Eranio, G., & Ferri, G. M. (2021). Relationships among Indoor Radon, Earthquake Magnitude Data and Lung Cancer Risks in a Residential Building of an Apulian Town (Southern Italy). Atmosphere, 12(10), 1342. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101342

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