Occurrence and characteristics of moisture damage in residential buildings as a function of occupant and engineer observations

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-140

  Haverinen Shaughnessy, Ulla ^a,b   Hyvärinen, Anne ^a   Pekkanen, Juha ^a   Nevalainen, Aino ^a   Husman, Tuula ^a   Korppi, Matti ^c   Halla Aho, Juho ^a   Koivisto, Jari ^a   Moschandreas, Demetrios ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dampness; Mold; Non destructive; Observer disagreement; Occupants; Visual

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING; DESTRUCTION; ENGINEERING; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; MOULD; OBSERVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 17444384860     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X05051260     Document Type: Article

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