World Health Organization : (Emro) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Year 2002 ; World Health Organization-Eastern Mediterranean, Sexually Transmitted Disease, No. 033-E-L: Regional Consultation on Strengthening STD Prevention and Care Strategies in Countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region

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Title:	World Health Organization : (Emro) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Year 2002 ; World Health Organization-Eastern Mediterranean, Sexually Transmitted Disease, No. 033-E-L: Regional Consultation on Strengthening STD Prevention and Care Strategies in Countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Health Organization, B. W. (n.d.). World Health Organization : (Emro) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Year 2002 ; World Health Organization-Eastern Mediterranean, Sexually Transmitted Disease, No. 033-E-L. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
The WHO Regional Office for Europe has taken a leading role at the international level in reviewing and stimulating research and action on the potential health hazards of indoor air pollutants. A list of reports and publications by the Regional Office on the subject is given on page vi. It is now much more generally recognized than even five years ago that the use of particular materials for construction of buildings or for furniture and fittings is accompanied by certain risks, especially in view of the tightening of buildings to reduce energy costs, and increased reliance on central heating and air conditioning.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 RADON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 Soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2 Buildingmaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.3 Tap water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.4 Domestic gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . Observed Levels of Radon and Radon Daughters inIndoorAir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 . Conversion Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 . Routes of Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.1 Drinking water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.2 Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.3 Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.3.1 Outdoor environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.3.2 Residential and nonradiation-connected environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.3.3 Occupationalexposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.3.4 Tobacco smoking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.4 Relative significance of different routes of exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5 . Kinetics and Dose Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.1 Biological and radiological half-life . . . . . . . . . 9 5.2 Estimation of dose from indoor exposure to radon daughters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10