The Watcombe housing study: The short-term effect of improving housing conditions on the indoor environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 73-80

  Richardson, George ^a   Barton, Andrew ^b   Basham, Meryl ^b   Foy, Chris ^c   Eick, Susan Ann ^a   Somerville, Margaret ^b  

^a AC and T Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Peninsula Research and Development Support Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housing and health; Housing upgrades; Indoor air quality; Randomised trial; Social housing

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DOORS; HEALTH CARE; HEATING; HOUSING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; VENTILATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

HOUSING AND HEALTH; HOUSING UPGRADES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; RANDOMISED TRIALS; SOCIAL HOUSING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEALTH CARE; HOUSING CONDITIONS; VENTILATION;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FAMILY; HEALTH; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 33646248284     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13523270500508544     Document Type: Article

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