• Radon Gas Problems and Solutions through Case Analysis
  • Hojae Song1·Geunyoung Kim1·Aleum Lee1·Yongju ChoiKyoungphile Nam1·Junboum Park1*

  • 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea

  • 라돈가스의 문제점과 사례분석을 통한 해결방안
  • 송호재1·김근영1·이아름1· 최용주1·남경필1·박준범1*

  • 1서울대학교 건설환경공학부

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This Article

  • 2020; 25(1): 1-11

    Published on Mar 31, 2020

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2020.25.1.001
  • Received on Jan 21, 2020
  • Revised on Jan 23, 2020
  • Accepted on Mar 9, 2020

Correspondence to

  • Junboum Park
  • 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea

  • E-mail: junbpark@snu.ac.kr