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Unhealthy housing : research, remedies, and reform / / edited by Roger Burridge and David Ormandy
| Unhealthy housing : research, remedies, and reform / / edited by Roger Burridge and David Ormandy |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : E. & F.N. Spon, , 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (476 p.) |
| Disciplina |
362.1/969/8
363.5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BurridgeRoger
OrmandyDavid |
| Soggetto topico |
Housing and health
Housing and health - Great Britain Housing policy Housing policy - Great Britain |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-135-83273-0
1-135-83274-9 1-280-23640-X 9786610236404 0-203-97425-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Unhealthy Housing; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part One: The Parameters of Healthand Housing Research; 1. Understanding the problems of health and housing research: David Mant; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Spot the method; 1.3 Methods and their problems: descriptive studies; 1.4 Case ControlStudies; 1.5Longitudinal studies; 1.6Intervention studies; 1.7Extrapolative studies; 1.8Practising appraisal; 1.9 Avoiding problems; 1.10Further reading; Bibliography; 2. Using published data to assess health risks: Colin Thunhurst
2.1 Social scientific investigation and the use of secondarydata2.2 The rediscovery of inequalities in health; 2.3 Programmes of action; 2.4 Secondary studies: housing as an explanatory variable; 2.5Alternative views of the process of research; 2.6 Strengthening the use of secondary sources; Bibliography; 3. Housing and the health of the community: David Byrne and Jane Keithley; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Relationships between housing and health: the recentevidence; 3.3 Health and illness: individual or collective attributes?; 3.4'Aggregate health' and housing 3.5 The ecological and atomist fallacies3.6The causes of health and illness; 3.7 Identifying community health and doing somethingabout it; Bibliography; Part Two: The Identification andEvaluation of Hazards; 4. Damp and mouldy housing: a holistic approach: Sonja Hunt; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Housing as a health hazard; 4.3Dampness, mould growth and health status; 4.4Longitudinal studies; 4.5 Long-termeffects; Bibliography; 5. Dampness, mould growth and respiratory disease in children: Peter Strachan; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2The scope of epidemiological research 5.3 Epidemiological studies of dampness, mould growthand respiratory disease in children5.4 A population survey of damp housing and childhoodasthma; 5.5Objective measurement of asthma; 5.6Measurement of airborne mould spores; 5.7Assessment of causality; 5.8 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; 6. Cold- and heat-related illnesses in the indoor environment: K. J. Collins; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2Thermal factors and health; 6.3The comfort zone; 6.4Temperature requirements and morbidity in children; 6.5 Humidity, cold and respiratory disorders; 6.6 Cardiovascular responses in the cold 6.7 Urban hypothermia6.8 Winter mortality and cold homes; 6.9 Heat-related illnesses in the urban environment; 6.10 Accident rates and ambient temperature; Bibliography; 7. Cold, condensation and housing poverty: Thomas A. Markus; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2Material factors; 7.3 Material effects; 7.4 Personal and social effects; 7.5 Climate; 7.6 Cold and poverty; 7.7 The Glasgow dimension; Bibliography; 8.Mental health and high-rise housing: Hugh Freeman; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Historical background; 8.3Methodological issues; 8.4 Empirical studies of high-rise housing 8.5 High-rise living as a pathogenic factor |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910348226403321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : E. & F.N. Spon, , 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Unhealthy housing : research, remedies, and reform / / edited by Roger Burridge and David Ormandy
| Unhealthy housing : research, remedies, and reform / / edited by Roger Burridge and David Ormandy |
| Edizione | [First edition 1993.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : E. & F.N. Spon, , 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (476 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1/969/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Housing and health
Housing and health - Great Britain Housing policy Housing policy - Great Britain |
| ISBN |
1-135-83273-0
1-135-83274-9 1-280-23640-X 9786610236404 0-203-97425-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Unhealthy Housing; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part One: The Parameters of Healthand Housing Research; 1. Understanding the problems of health and housing research: David Mant; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Spot the method; 1.3 Methods and their problems: descriptive studies; 1.4 Case ControlStudies; 1.5Longitudinal studies; 1.6Intervention studies; 1.7Extrapolative studies; 1.8Practising appraisal; 1.9 Avoiding problems; 1.10Further reading; Bibliography; 2. Using published data to assess health risks: Colin Thunhurst
2.1 Social scientific investigation and the use of secondarydata2.2 The rediscovery of inequalities in health; 2.3 Programmes of action; 2.4 Secondary studies: housing as an explanatory variable; 2.5Alternative views of the process of research; 2.6 Strengthening the use of secondary sources; Bibliography; 3. Housing and the health of the community: David Byrne and Jane Keithley; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Relationships between housing and health: the recentevidence; 3.3 Health and illness: individual or collective attributes?; 3.4'Aggregate health' and housing 3.5 The ecological and atomist fallacies3.6The causes of health and illness; 3.7 Identifying community health and doing somethingabout it; Bibliography; Part Two: The Identification andEvaluation of Hazards; 4. Damp and mouldy housing: a holistic approach: Sonja Hunt; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Housing as a health hazard; 4.3Dampness, mould growth and health status; 4.4Longitudinal studies; 4.5 Long-termeffects; Bibliography; 5. Dampness, mould growth and respiratory disease in children: Peter Strachan; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2The scope of epidemiological research 5.3 Epidemiological studies of dampness, mould growthand respiratory disease in children5.4 A population survey of damp housing and childhoodasthma; 5.5Objective measurement of asthma; 5.6Measurement of airborne mould spores; 5.7Assessment of causality; 5.8 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; 6. Cold- and heat-related illnesses in the indoor environment: K. J. Collins; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2Thermal factors and health; 6.3The comfort zone; 6.4Temperature requirements and morbidity in children; 6.5 Humidity, cold and respiratory disorders; 6.6 Cardiovascular responses in the cold 6.7 Urban hypothermia6.8 Winter mortality and cold homes; 6.9 Heat-related illnesses in the urban environment; 6.10 Accident rates and ambient temperature; Bibliography; 7. Cold, condensation and housing poverty: Thomas A. Markus; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2Material factors; 7.3 Material effects; 7.4 Personal and social effects; 7.5 Climate; 7.6 Cold and poverty; 7.7 The Glasgow dimension; Bibliography; 8.Mental health and high-rise housing: Hugh Freeman; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Historical background; 8.3Methodological issues; 8.4 Empirical studies of high-rise housing 8.5 High-rise living as a pathogenic factor |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765829903321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : E. & F.N. Spon, , 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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