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Ezratty, Véronique and Ormandy, David (2015) Thermal discomfort and health: protect the susceptible (part 2). Environnement, Risques & Santé, 14 (3). pp. 221-229. doi:10.1684/ers.2015.0785 ISSN 1635-0421.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/ers.2015.0785
Abstract
In this second part of our paper, we review human and building factors that increase the risks of health impact of exposure to excess cold and excess heat in housing and the range of responses to reduce these risks. This shows that most human factors and some building characteristics that increase susceptibility are common to low and to high temperatures. The human factors include age, gender, some physical and mental health conditions, isolation, low social-economic status, people with mobility problems, and being unaware of precautionary actions. The building factors include inadequate thermal insulation, and inappropriate provision for heating and for ventilation. These observations should encourage social, building and health sectors to adopt a more integrated approach to provide protection for those most at risk from exposure to low and high temperatures.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Environnement, Risques & Santé | ||||||||
Publisher: | John Libbey Eurotext | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1635-0421 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2015 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 14 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 221-229 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1684/ers.2015.0785 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
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