Environmental home inspection services in Western Europe

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-79

  Charpin, Denis ^a   Baden, Ralph ^b   Bex, Valérie ^c   Bladt, Sandrine ^d   Charpin Kadouch, Carmel ^a   Keimeul, Catherine ^e   Da Mata, Pedro ^f   De Blay, Frédéric ^g   Kuske, Martyna ^h   Le Moullec, Yvon ^c   Nicolas, Alain ⁱ   Ott, Martine ^g   Marc, Roger ^j   Speyer, Chrisbelle ^k   Vervloet, Daniel ^k   Squinazi, Fabien ^c  

^a North University Hospital   (France)

^b Division de la Santé Au Travail   (Luxembourg)

^c Laboratoire d'Hygiène de la Ville de Paris ^*  (France)

^d CRIPI   (Belgium)

^e SAMI Namur   (Belgium)

^f Housing and Health Quality   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^h SAMI Lux   (Belgium)

ⁱ Maison de la Qualité de Vie   (Belgium)

^j Hainaut Vigilance Sanitaire   (Belgium)

^k Association Asthme et Allergies   (France)

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Author keywords

Health environment; Housing; Indoor allergens; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANT; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; PESTICIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL HOME INSPECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING; FAMILY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MOULD; PHYSICIAN; POLLUTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SYMPTOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FUNGI; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACARI;

EID: 79954432583     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-010-0171-0     Document Type: Review

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