Stirling Howieson

Housing and Asthma

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With asthma on the rise, this book outlines the improvement of existing housing, along with some generic design principles aimed at providing healthy air change rates and suppressing indoor humidity and dust mite activity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9780415336468
• ISBN-10: 0415336465
• Artikelnr.: 21574381

Autorenporträt

Stirling Howieson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction  1. The Aetiology of Asthma  2. The Ecology and Physiology of
the House Dust Mite (HDM)  3. The Indoor Environment and the House Dust
Mite  4. Housing and Health  5. Historical Changes in Domestic Ventilation
Regimes  6. Designing a Double Blind Placebo Controlled Interventionist
Trial  7. Key Findings and Discussion  8. Scoping the Confounding
Variables  9. Hazardous Indoor Pollutants  10. Air Tightness and
Ventilation Rates  11. Developing a New Low Allergen Prototype Dwelling 
12. A Fiscal Strategy  13. Conclusions and Recommendations