Humid building problems in Mauritius

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 221-225

  Bholah, R ^a   Subratty, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Dampness; Health effects; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; BUILDING; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAURITIUS; MOULD; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

FUNGI;

EID: 0042969195     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X03035166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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