The effect of steady winds on radon-222 entry from soil into houses

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1167-1176

  Riley, W J ^a,b   Gadgil, A J ^b   Bonnefous, Y C ^c   Nazaroff, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Indoor air quality; Radon; Soil gas transport; Wind

Indexed keywords

RADON 222;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WIND;

INDOOR CONCENTRATION; RADON-222; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL RADON; SOIL/GAS FLOW; WIND INDUCED FLUSHING; WIND PRESSURE FIELD;

EID: 0029668215     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00248-0     Document Type: Article

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