Accuracy of seven vapour intrusion algorithms for VOC in groundwater

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-73

  Provoost, Jeroen ^a   Reijnders, Lucas ^b   Swartjes, Frank ^c   Bronders, Jan ^a   Seuntjens, Piet ^a   Lijzen, Johannes ^c  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Accuracy; Contamination; Groundwater; Intrusion; Model; Vapour; VOC

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL GAS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 58649099629     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-008-0036-y     Document Type: Article

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