The Use of Indoor Air Measurements To Evaluate Intrusion of Subsurface VOC Vapors into Buildings

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1318-1331

  Hers, Ian ^a   Zapf Gilje, Reidar ^a   Li, Loretta ^a   Atwater, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; VAPORS;

INDOOR AIR MEASUREMENTS;

AIR;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VAPOR;

EID: 0034853575     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2001.10464356     Document Type: Article

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