Effects of water-damaged homes after flooding: Health status of the residents and the environmental risk factors

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-175

  Azuma, Kenichi ^a   Ikeda, Koichi ^b   Kagi, Naoki ^c   Yanagi, U ^d   Hasegawa, Kenichi ^e   Osawa, Haruki ^f  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dampness; flood; health effects; housing environment; psychological disorders

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HYGIENE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; WASTE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FLOODING; FUNGUS GROWTH; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPERPIESIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INCINERATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOULD; PEST ORGANISM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; SYMPTOM; WATER DAMAGED HOME; YOUNG ADULT;

JAPAN;

ADULT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FLOODS; FUNGI; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84891869374     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2013.800964     Document Type: Article

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