Publication Date
2009
110 p
This handbook focuses on residential radon exposure from a public health point of view and provides detailed recommendations on reducing health risks from radon and policy options for preventing and mitigating radon exposure. The material reflects the epidemiological evidence that indoor radon exposure is responsible for a substantial number of lung cancers in the general population
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Keywords
diseases: non-communicable diseases (NCD); cancer; Health; systems: leadership and governance; systems: medical products vaccines and technologies; treatment and prevention; Development/ Humanitarian; development agencies; inclusive disaster risk reduction; Programme/ Project; evaluation; monitoring; programmes and projects; Information & knowledge; communication