Radon
Eastern Region of Nepal
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The consideration of health in housing policies is vital to improve population health and to avoid unintended consequences. This review of health-promoting...
WHO Housing and health guidelines
Improved housing conditions can save lives, prevent disease, increase quality of life, reduce poverty, and help mitigate climate change. Housing is becoming...
Management of radioactivity in drinking-water
Chapter 9 of the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality (GDWQ) provides guidance related to radiological aspects of drinking-water. Management...
The fourth edition of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ) builds on over 50 years of guidance by WHO...
WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: selected pollutants
This book presents WHO guidelines for the protection of public health from a number of chemicals commonly present in indoor air. The substances considered...
WHO handbook on indoor radon: a public health perspective
The handbook book focuses on residential radon exposure from a public health point of view and provides detailed recommendations on reducing health risks...
Survey on Radon guidelines, programmes and activities
Under the framework of the WHO International Radon Project, WHO conducted a survey on indoor radon among WHO member states in 2005. This report includes...
Training
External publications
- Design and conduct of indoor radon surveys (2019)
- Editorial: Residential indoor radon: where are we now? (2017)
- IARC Monograph on Ionizing Radiation, Part 2: Some internally deposited radionuclides
- IARC Monograph on Man-made mineral fibres and radon (vol. 43, 1988)
- IARC Monograph on Radiation (vol.100D, 2012)
- Managing exposure due to radon at home and at work: Information overview prepared by the Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety (IACRS)
- Protection of the public against exposure indoors due to radon and other natural sources of radiation
- Radiation protection and safety of radiation sources: international basic safety standards
Key to SDG attainment
Webinars
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