Abstract
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 318-319 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Perspectives in Public Health |
| Volume | 134 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2014 |
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Keywords
- asthma pandemic
- housing design
- indoor air quality
- air tightness
- asbestos
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Are our homes making us ill? The impact of energy efficiency on indoor air quality. / Howieson, Stirling.
In: Perspectives in Public Health, Vol. 134, No. 6, 11.2014, p. 318-319.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Are our homes making us ill? The impact of energy efficiency on indoor air quality
AU - Howieson, Stirling
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - 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?
AB - 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?
KW - asthma pandemic
KW - housing design
KW - indoor air quality
KW - air tightness
KW - asbestos
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U2 - 10.1177/1757913914551916
DO - 10.1177/1757913914551916
M3 - Article
VL - 134
SP - 318
EP - 319
JO - Perspectives in Public Health
T2 - Perspectives in Public Health
JF - Perspectives in Public Health
SN - 1757-9139
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