ShareRelationships between air conditioning, airborne microorganisms and health.
Etude des relations entre climatisation, micro-organismes aéroportés et santé.
Author(s) : PARAT S., PERDRIX A., BACONNIER P.
Type of article: Article
Summary
Widespread use of air conditioning has raised comfort but brings with it new pathologies with socio-economic impacts. The article reviews the links between air conditioning, airborne microorganisms and health on-site investigations show the value of state-of-the-art filtration and explore the sick building syndrome and dose-effect relationships. Means of counting airborne microorganisms, as a way of assessing exposure, are discussed.
Details
- Original title: Etude des relations entre climatisation, micro-organismes aéroportés et santé.
- Record ID : 2002-2624
- Languages: French
- Source: Bull. Acad. natl. Méd. - vol. 183 - n. 2
- Publication date: 1999
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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Indexing
- Themes: Comfort air conditioning
- Keywords: Sick building; Microorganism; Recommendation; Disease; Hygiene; Filtration; Thermal comfort; Air conditioning
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