Clearing the air [[electronic resource] ] : asthma and indoor air exposures / / Committee on the Assessment of Asthma and Indoor Air, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institue of Medicine

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (456 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/96238
• Soggetto topico: Asthma; Indoor air pollution; Asthma - Government policy - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Major Issues in Understanding Asthma""; ""2 Methodological Considerations in Evaluating the Evidence""; ""3 Patterns of Asthma Morbidity and Mortality""; ""4 Pathophysiological Basis of Asthma""; ""5 Indoor Biologic Exposures""; ""6 Indoor Chemical Exposures""; ""7 Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke""; ""8 Indoor Dampness and Asthma""; ""9 Asthma and Nonresidential Indoor Environments""; ""10 Impact of Ventilation and Air Cleaning on Asthma"" ; ""11 Summary of Research Recommendations and Overall Conclusions""""Appendix A Theoretical Considerations Relevant to the Influence of Ventilation and Air Cleaning on Exposures to Indoor-Generated Pollutants""; ""Appendix B Workshop Summaries""; ""Appendix C Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Index""
• Titolo autorizzato: Clearing the air
• ISBN: 0-309-13273-8; 0-309-51861-X; 0-585-30943-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778653203321
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