An empirical analysis of the groundwater-to-indoor-air exposure pathway: The role of background concentrations in indoor air

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-44

  McHugh, Thomas E ^a   Connor, John A ^a   Ahmad, Farrukh ^a  

^a Groundwater Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Background indoor air sources; Vapor intrusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842737111     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920490424024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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