Evaluation of the Risk of Exposure to Radon

Abstract

The aim of this project was to assess the risk due to inha lation of radon and its decay products using a horizontal approach across a large-scale research programme. The central objective was the assessment of human risk, a task that required a combination of several programmes and involved a multidisciplinary approach. Five main topics were addressed: radioactive aerosol studies, mod elling, human studies, animal studies and retrospective assessment of radon exposure. The five studies were distributed between working groups. The rationale of this project was to pool the expertise from laboratories working in different fields of radiation protection. This paper summarises the main achievements made through this multidisciplinary research programme and the synergies that occurred between the different groups.

Keywords

Radon Radon daughters Dosimetry Exposure .Human studies Animal studies

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