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Ezratty, Véronique and Ormandy, David (2015) Thermal discomfort in housing – a threat to health (part 1). Environnement, Risques & Santé, 14 (3). pp. 215-220. doi:10.1684/ers.2015.0784 ISSN 1635-0421.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/ers.2015.0784
Abstract
Morbidity and mortality resulting from exposure to either high or low temperatures is on the increase. The housing environment plays a key-role in protecting the residents from such events, in particular protecting the most susceptible such as the elderly and the very young. In the first part of this paper, we define what is thermal comfort, and what human and environmental factors influence it. We then discuss the potential health impacts of exposure to excess cold and excess heat, and why keeping temperatures in dwellings within the range of 18-248C recommended by the WHO guidance on housing can protect the health of the residents. Finally, we examine what are the most appropriate methods for assessing thermal comfort in the housing environment.
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. 215-220 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1684/ers.2015.0784 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
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