Evaluation of the Johnson and Ettinger model for prediction of indoor air quality

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-76

  Hers, Ian ^a   Zapf Gilje, Reidar ^a   Johnson, Paul C ^b   Li, Loretta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Civil Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLVENTS; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VAPOR INTRUSION;

AIR QUALITY;

INDOOR AIR;

EID: 0037413130     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2003.tb00784.x     Document Type: Article

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