title: Indoor and outdoor natural radiation survey programmes aspects of instrumentation and organisation, results.
abstract: In the last two decades many countries started national or regional surveys to assess the average exposure to natural radiation of the general public. Survey programmes for external radiation as well as for radon and decay products have been performed are still in progress or will be started in the near future. The paper discusses briefly technical and organisational aspects of survey measurements as well as practical experiences and results available from national or regional survey programmes.
mesh_terms: D002980:Climate; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005060:Europe; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D008834:Microclimate; D011827:Radiation; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods