Assessment of additional exposures and risks from airtightening of homes in an Alpine area with high radon emanation

Burkart W., Wernli C., Brunner H.
air change rate, air quality, basement, weatherstripping, ventilation, tight house, energy conservation, house, measurement technique, retrofitting, radioactive, radon, radon daughter, pollutant
Year:
1984
Bibliographic info:
Indoor Air, Vol.2, Radon, Passive Smoking, Particulates and Housing Epidemiology edited by B.Berglund, T.Lindvall, J.Sundell. Swedish Council for Building Research, Stockholm, 1984. 67-72, 1 fig, 2 tabs, 11 refs. #DATE 00:00:1984 in English, AIC bk

In large areas of the Swiss Alps, the high radium content of rocks and soil, which results in high source terms for radon from the ground, may produce considerable indoor levels of radon in dwellings with low air infiltration. During the winter

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