From radon hazard to risk prediction-based on geological maps, soil gas and indoor measurements in Germany

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1269-1279

  Kemski, J ^a   Klingel, R ^a   Siehl, A ^b   Valdivia Manchego, M ^b  

^a Kemski and Partner   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geogenic radon potential; Radon mapping; Radon risk prediction; Soil gas

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; FORESTRY; GASES; GEOLOGY; HOUSES; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

AREAL DISTRIBUTIONS; BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; COMPLEX SERIES; GEOGENIC RADON POTENTIAL; GEOLOGICAL MAPS; GEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; GEOLOGICAL UNITS; GRID-BASED; GROUND FLOORS; HOUSE TYPES; INDOOR AIRS; INDOOR MEASUREMENTS; INDOOR RADONS; MEASURING SITES; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEIGHBOURHOOD; RADON ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON MAPPING; RADON RISK PREDICTION; RADON TRANSFERS; SOIL GAS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIPS; WEIGHTED INTERPOLATIONS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR RADON; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL GAS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSOIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 58949083232     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1226-z     Document Type: Article

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