The public health benefits of insulation retrofits in existing housing in the United States

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-16

  Levy, Jonathan I ^a   Nishioka, Yurika ^a   Spengler, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOUSING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342272227     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-2-1     Document Type: Article

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