A parametric distribution for the fraction of outdoor soil in indoor dust

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-168

  Trowbridge, Philip R ^a   Burmaster, David E ^a  

^a Alceon Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor soil; Outdoor soil; Soil ingestion

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DUST; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INDOOR SOIL; OUTDOOR SOIL; PARAMETRIC SOIL FRACTION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL INGESTION;

SOILS;

EID: 0031095293     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320389709383554     Document Type: Article

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