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Buildings, the suppression of seasonal response and the effects on health.

Author(s) : DEAN Y., WARWICK S.

Type of article: Article

Summary

The authors state that the function of a building is to provide not just shelter and comfort, but to actively promote a healthy physiology. The article provides a review of the fields of environmental medicine and biometeorology and proposes that as buildings provide the main climate that people live in, this may affect seasonal response and could be a prime causal agent for ill health and sick building syndrome. The authors also state that if this knowledge can be used as a predictive tool in the design and control of the built environment then it could make a significant impact on health and assist in achieving an 'engineered' health care environment, as a major factor in primary health care.

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  • Original title: Buildings, the suppression of seasonal response and the effects on health.
  • Record ID : 1999-2490
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Build. Res. Inf. - vol. 26 - n. 3
  • Publication date: 1998/05

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