Development of a screening relationship to describe migration of contaminant vapors into buildings

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-156

  Williams, D R ^a   Paslawski, J C ^a   Richardson, G M ^b,c  

^a O'Connor Associates Environmental Inc   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c O'Connor Associates Environmental Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indoor air quality; Probabilistic analysis; Risk assessment; Soil gas; Vapor transport

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAPORS;

CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; SOIL GAS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0030127554     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320389609383519     Document Type: Article

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