Literature review of Indoor radon surveys in Europe
Natural radioactivity is the main source of population exposure to ionising radiation. Radon and its progenies contribute with more than 50% to annual effective dose received from all sources of ionising radiation (UNSCEAR, 2000) and has been identified as a second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking (WHO, 2009).
The aim of this report, under the MetroRadon project, is to provide a literature review of existing indoor Rn surveys in Europe. Different steps of the “survey chain”, e.g. from survey design through sampling, measurements to evaluation and interpretation, that yield an output have been explored.
Journal papers and papers in international and national conference proceedings were reviewed, resulting in data collected from 45 countries. The information contained in the report should serve as an input to propose approaches to reduce inconsistencies and improve harmonization of indoor radon data.
PANTELIĆ Gordana;
ČELIKOVIĆ Igor;
ŽIVANOVIĆ Miloš;
VUKANAC Ivana;
NIKOLIĆ Jelena Krneta;
CINELLI Giorgia;
GRUBER Valeria;
2019-01-09
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC114370
978-92-79-97643-8 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 29613 EN,
OP KJ-NA-29613-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC114370,
10.2760/977726 (online),
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