Effect of various factors on the rate of radon entry into two different types of houses

Building and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1091-1098

  Keskikuru, T ^a   Kokotti, H ^a   Lammi, S ^a   Kalliokoski, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Meteorological factor; Physical factors; Radon; Soil gas transport; Time delay of radon entry

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; HOUSES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

SLAB-ON-GRADE HOUSES;

RADON;

RADON;

EID: 0035576218     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(00)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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