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Attempts to predict which geographic areas should be associated with a high percentage of homes with unusually high indoor radon levels have been based on estimates of soil radon and soil permeability for geological units. In northern Virginia and southern Maryland, it appears that predictions of indoor radon based on estimates of homesite soil radon and soil permeability are very useful.
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Mose, D.G., Mushrush, G.W. & Chrosniak, C.E. Soil radon, permeability, and indoor radon prediction. Environ. Geol. Water Sci 19, 91–96 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01797437
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