Foil coverage of a crawl-space floor: Measurements and modeling of radon entry

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 581-593

  Van Der Spoel, W H ^b   Van Der Graaf, E R ^a   De Meijer, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Environmental transport; Natural; Radioactivity; Radon; Soil

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; RADON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FOIL; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SAND;

EID: 0031953810     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199805000-00006     Document Type: Article

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