Climate change, the indoor environment, and health /

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"The indoor environment affects occupants' health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars a year in exacerbation of illnesses like asthma, allergic symptoms, and subsequent lost productivity. Clim...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Effect of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality and Public Health
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Temas:
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency.
United States > Environmental Protection Agency
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency
Environmentally induced diseases > United States.
Climatic changes > Health aspects > United States.
Indoor air pollution > Health aspects > United States.
Air quality management > United States.
Climatic changes.
Sick building syndrome.
Air Pollution, Indoor
Climate Change
Sick Building Syndrome
Maladies de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Air > Qualité > Gestion > États-Unis.
Climat > Changements.
Syndrome des bâtiments malsains.
climate change.
sick building syndrome.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Sick building syndrome
Climatic changes
Air quality management
Climatic changes > Health aspects
Environmentally induced diseases
Indoor air pollution > Health aspects
United States
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Government and private-sector involvement in climate change, indoor environment, and health issues
  • Air quality
  • Dampness, moisture, and flooding
  • Infectious agents and pests
  • Thermal stress
  • Building ventilation, weatherization, and energy use
  • Key findings, guiding principles, and priority issues for action.

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