A compilation of statistics for VOCs from post-1990 indoor air concentration studies in North American residences unaffected by subsurface vapor intrusion

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-69

  Dawson, Helen E ^a   McAlary, Todd ^b  

^a US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

^b GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; DETECTION FREQUENCIES; DICHLOROETHANE; DICHLOROETHENE; GRADUAL CHANGES; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITIES; INDOOR AIRS; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHERS; METHYLENE CHLORIDES; NORTH AMERICANS; ORTHO XYLENES; OUTDOOR AIRS; RISK-BASED; SUMMARY STATISTICS; TARGET LEVELS; TETRACHLOROETHENE; TRICHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHENE; VAPOR INTRUSIONS; VINYL CHLORIDES;

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHERS; ETHYLBENZENE; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; CHLOROFORM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ACQUISITION; INDOOR AIR; STAKEHOLDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 62549097698     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2008.01215.x     Document Type: Article

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