The RAGENA dynamic model of radon generation, entry and accumulation indoors

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 307, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 55-69

  Font, Ll ^a   Baixeras, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Indoor radon; Radon dynamic modelling; Radon sources

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; SOILS; VENTILATION;

RADON GENERATION;

RADON;

RADON;

RADON;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLIMATE; DYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TEMPERATURE;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CLIMATE; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; VENTILATION;

EID: 0037457650     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00462-X     Document Type: Article

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