| Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The aetiology of allergy and asthma; Chapter 2 The ecology and physiology of the house dust mite; Chapter 3 The indoor environment and the house dust mite; Chapter 4 Housing and health; Chapter 5 Historical changes in domestic ventilation regimes; Chapter 6 Designing a double-blind placebo-controlled interventionist trial; Chapter 7 Key findings and discussion; Chapter 8 Scoping the confounding variables; Chapter 9 Hazardous indoor pollutants. |
| Summary |
This book outlines the remediation of existing housing stock, along with some generic design principles aimed at providing 'healthy' air change rates and suppressing indoor humidity and dust mite activity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Asthma -- Great Britain.
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Asthma. |
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Great Britain. |
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House dust mites.
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House dust mites. |
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Asthma -- etiology. |
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Air Pollution, Indoor -- adverse effects. |
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Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects. |
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Pyroglyphidae -- pathogenicity. |
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United Kingdom. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Howieson, Stirling. Housing and asthma. London ; New York : Spon Press, 2005 0415336457 0415336465 (DLC) 2004012514 (OCoLC)55588974 |
| ISBN |
0203022505 (electronic book) |
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9780203022504 (electronic book) |
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0415336457 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780415336451 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0415336465 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780415336468 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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