Modeling and measuring the indoor radon concentrations in high-rise buildings in Hong Kong

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1131-1135

  Man, C K ^a   Yeung, H S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCRETES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TALL BUILDINGS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; RADON CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT;

RADON;

RADON 222;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HONG KONG; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADON;

EID: 0032900079     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00128-6     Document Type: Article

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