Occurrence of moisture problems in schools in three countries from different climatic regions of Europe based on questionnaires and building inspections - the HITEA study

Indoor Air

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 457-466

  Haverinen Shaughnessy, U ^a   Borras Santos, A ^b,c,d   Turunen, M ^a   Zock, J P ^b,c,d   Jacobs, J ^e   Krop, E J M ^e   Casas, L ^b,c,d   Shaughnessy, R ^f   Taubel M ^a   Heederik, D ^e   Hyvarinen A ^a   Pekkanen, J ^a   Nevalainen, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dampness; Exposure; Indoor air quality; Moisture damage; Mold; Questionnaire; School buildings

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSPECTION; MOLDS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

%MOISTURE; CLIMATIC REGIONS; DAMPNESS; EXPOSURE; FINLAND; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INSPECTION DATUM; MOISTURE DAMAGE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

MOISTURE;

EID: 84868682862     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2012.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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