The cost-effectiveness of remedial and preventive countermeasures against indoor radon in the frame of the Czech Radon Programme is preliminarily estimated, resulting in 72 700 CZK and 194 000 CZK per y of life gained by remediation and prevention, respectively, (exchange rate approximately 28 CZK/EUR).
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