Measuring the health impact of temperatures in dwellings: Investigating excess winter morbidity and cold homes in the London Borough of Newham

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 847-858

  Rudge, J ^a   Gilchrist, R ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Epidemiology; GAMLSS; Health impact; Housing; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH RISKS; HEATING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GAMLSS; HEALTH IMPACT; TEMPERATURE-RELATED HEALTH;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 34247135767     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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