Characterizing exposure to chemicals from soil vapor intrusion using a two-compartment model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 4201-4209

  Olson, David A ^a   Corsi, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement ventilation; Exposure assessment; Indoor air; Soil gas; Soil vapor intrusion

Indexed keywords

AIR; PRESSURE DROP; SOILS; VAPORS; VENTILATION;

INTRUSION RATES; SUB-SURFACE MIGRATIONS;

CHEMICALS;

RADON;

INDOOR AIR; SOIL GAS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035418571     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00188-1     Document Type: Article

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