Key determinants for health and comfort in buildings are air quality, dampness, draught and indoor temperature, which are linked to energy efficiency via heating, ventilation, and insulation.
224 pp. ISBN: 978-0-262-01417-5, $22.95 WHO GuIndoores for Indoor Air Quality: Dampness and Mould WHO Regional Office for Europe Geneva:WHO Press, 2009.
The aim of our study is to investigate the impacts of exposures to passive smoking, traffic-related air pollution, dampness, visible moulds, bleaching agents, house dust mites, pets and domestic heating on the development of asthma in the first year of life, which is a period of life when the lung is still developing.
The main selected features are climatic weight, air temperature; relative dampness, wind speed and wind bearing features are selected.
In the first year of life, both single and multi-dimensional asthma phenotypes were positively related to heavy parental smoking, traffic-related air pollution and dampness, but negatively associated with contact with cats and domestic wood heating.
In our study, asthma outcomes in the first year of life were found to be positively related to maternal smoking, traffic-related air pollution and dampness, but negatively associated with contact with cats and domestic wood heating.
Applying the multivariable logistic regression models yielded that various asthma phenotypes were positively associated with heavy parental smoking, traffic-related air pollution and dampness in the last 12 months and negatively associated with contact with cats and domestic wood heating in the last 12 months (see Additional file 1: Table S1).
As the shed is unlikely to have waterproofing in its walls, it needs to be able to circulate air to remove dampness.
The air had that cool dampness, heavier with night, of early spring.
Further studies with detailed assessments of household dampness and air quality are needed.
