Associations of building characteristics and lifestyle behaviors with home dampness-related exposures in Shanghai dwellings

Building and Environment

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 106-115

  Liu, Wei ^a   Huang, Chen ^a   Hu, Yu ^b   Zou, Zhijun ^a   Shen, Li ^a   Sundell, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TONGJI ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GROUP CO   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Building characteristics; Dampness; Fish keeping; Lifestyle; Residential building; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; FISH; FLOOD DAMAGE; HOUSING; SURVEYS;

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; DAMPNESS; LIFESTYLE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SHANGHAI;

FLOORS;

EID: 84939973444     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.10.028     Document Type: Article

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