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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on February 23, 2006
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2006 121(3):333-336; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncl021
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Radon awareness survey in Pakistan

S. Rahman, M. Faheem, S. Rehman and Matiullah*

Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan

* Corresponding author: matiullah{at}pieas.edu.pk

Received August 30, 2005, amended January 16, 2006, accepted January 30, 2006


  Abstract

Significant progress has been made in reducing the risk from exposure to radon and its progeny all over the world as a result of efforts made by different organisations which are working together to educate public about the harmful effects of radon. During the past several surveys, it was found that uneducated people were totally ignorant of radon in Pakistan. Even a large number of science graduates knew very little about radon and its hazards. Therefore, a nationwide survey was conducted to measure general awareness and factual knowledge about radon and its health hazards. In this regard, a questionnaire was prepared and distributed among different classes of the society including students, government employees and general public throughout the country. A total of 7000 people with different educational backgrounds participated in this survey, which includes uneducated people (1000), science and humanities graduates (2000 each) and under graduate (2000). Statistical analysis, excluding uneducated people, revealed that 30.4% of the total respondents were aware of radon and 69.6% had even not heard of radon. Only ~8.4% of the total respondents were knowledgeably aware of radon.


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