Does usage of domestic heating influence internal environmental conditions and health?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 463-469

  Walker, Jeremy J ^a,c   Mitchell, Richard ^a   Platt, Stephen D ^a   Petticrew, Mark P ^b   Hopton, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH STATUS; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MOULD; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

ADULT; HEALTH STATUS; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 33749550436     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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