A model to derive soil criteria for benzene migrating from soil to dwelling interior in homes with crawl spaces

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 387-415

  Turczynowicz, Leonid ^a   Robinson, Neville ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benzene; Exposure assessment; Modeling; Soil criteria; VOCs

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044527837     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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