Prediction of indoor air quality from soil-gas data at industrial buildings

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-125

  Eklund, Bart ^a   Burrows, Don ^a  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES; CONCENTRATION DATUM; DATA SETS; DECISION ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVES; FALSE POSITIVES; GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITIES; INDOOR AIRS; INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS; MAXIMUM VALUES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SAMPLING LOCATIONS; SHALLOW SOILS; SOIL GAS; VAPOR INTRUSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ERRORS; GASES; LEAD; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOILS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; INDOOR AIR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 62549106134     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2008.01220.x     Document Type: Article

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