Relationship between radon concentrations in indoor air and in soil gas

Environmental Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 583-587

  Vaupotič, Janja ^a   Andjelov, M ^b   Kobal, I ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Continuous measurements; Indoor air; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Radon; Soil gas

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SOILS;

SOIL GASES;

RADON;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; RADON; SOIL GAS;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 0347297351     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0573-4     Document Type: Article

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