title: National radon programmes and policies: the RADPAR recommendations.
abstract: Results from epidemiological studies on lung cancer and radon exposure in dwellings and mines led to a significant revision of recommendations and regulations of international organisations, such as WHO, IAEA, Nordic Countries, European Commission. Within the European project RADPAR, scientists from 18 institutions of 14 European countries worked together for 3 y (2009-12). Among other reports, a comprehensive booklet of recommendations was produced with the aim that they should be useful both for countries with a well-developed radon programme and for countries with little experience on radon issues. In this paper, the main RADPAR recommendations on radon programmes and policies are described and discussed. These recommendations should be very useful in preparing a national action plan, required by the recent Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom.
authors.affiliation: Italian National Institute of Health (ISS), Rome, Italy (RADPAR WP-4 leader) francesco.bochicchio@iss.it.
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authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bochicchio
authors.affiliation: National Radiation Protection Institute (SURO), Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hulka
authors.affiliation: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ringer
authors.affiliation: National Radiation Protection Institute (SURO), Prague, Czech Republic.
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authors.lastname: Rovenská
authors.affiliation: National Radiation Protection Institute (SURO), Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fojtikova
authors.affiliation: Italian National Institute of Health (ISS), Rome, Italy (RADPAR WP-4 leader).
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Venoso
authors.affiliation: Public Health England (PHE), Chilton, Oxon, UK.
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authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.affiliation: Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII), Dublin, Ireland.
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authors.lastname: Fenton
authors.affiliation: Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP), Bern, Switzerland.
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gruson
authors.affiliation: Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arvela
authors.affiliation: Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Holmgren
authors.affiliation: University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Quindos
authors.affiliation: University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.affiliation: Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment (CSTB), Saint-Martin d'Hères, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Collignan
authors.affiliation: University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.affiliation: German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grosche
authors.affiliation: Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: M
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authors.lastname: Jiranek
authors.affiliation: University of Western Macedonia (UOWM), Kozani, Greece (RADPAR Project coordinator).
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authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kalimeri
authors.affiliation: European Commission, DG JRC, Ispra, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kephalopoulos
authors.affiliation: German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kreuzer
authors.affiliation: German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schlesinger
authors.affiliation: University of Bremen (BIPS), Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeeb
authors.affiliation: University of Western Macedonia (UOWM), Kozani, Greece (RADPAR Project coordinator).
authors.forename: J
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authors.lastname: Bartzis
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000592:standards*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000592:standards*; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D011886:Radon / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D011886:Radon