Radon mitigation by depressurization of concrete walls and slabs

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 420-426

  Leung, J K C ^a   Tso, M Y W ^b   Hung, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dose; Exhalation rate; Population; Radon; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE; RADON;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; DECOMPRESSION; EVALUATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032888329     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199910000-00009     Document Type: Article

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