Abstract
The World Health Organization estimates that over 100,000 people die every year from conditions resulting from occupational exposure to asbestos. Similar to this, a significant proportion of asthma and related ill health is driven by poor indoor air quality. Stirling Howieson, Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Strathclyde, takes a look at the increasing prevalence of asthma and asks the question, are our homes making us ill?
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 318-319 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Perspectives in Public Health |
Volume | 134 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2014 |
Keywords
- asthma pandemic
- housing design
- indoor air quality
- air tightness
- asbestos