Effect of vapor source-building separation and building construction on soil vapor intrusion as studied with a three-dimensional numerical model

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4550-4561

  Abreu, Lilian D V ^a   Johnson, Paul C ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BUILDINGS; CHEMICALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION; DIFFUSION; PRESSURIZATION; VAPORS;

BUILDING FOUNDATIONS; GROUND SURFACE; NONDEGRADING CHEMICALS; SOIL VAPORS;

SOILS;

SOIL GAS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIODEGRADATION; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; GAS FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SOIL; SOIL PROPERTY; VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HOUSING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 20744443640     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049781k     Document Type: Article

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