Modeling ventilation and radon in new Dutch dwellings

Indoor Air

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-127

  Janssen, M P M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air change rate; Airtightness; COMIS; Indoor radon; Multizone airflow; Ventilation strategy

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; HOUSING; RADON;

AIR CHANGE RATE; AIR CHANGES; AIRTIGHTNESS; COMIS; INDOOR RADON; INDOOR RADON CONCENTRATIONS; MULTIZONE; MULTIZONE AIRFLOW; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; VENTILATION STRATEGY;

VENTILATION;

RADON;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FILTRATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ROOM VENTILATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; NETHERLANDS; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; VENTILATION;

EID: 0042887646     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0668.2003.00157.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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