Dampness Problem in Dwellings at Tianjin and its Association with Asthma and Allergy among Children

Sun, Yuexia; Wang, Pan; Zhang, Qingnan; Kong, Xiangrui; Sheng, Ying; Yang, Sangsik; Yang, Ruiqiao; Zheng, Xiaowei; Yin, Dazhen; Du, Penglei; Sundell, Jan

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.09.088

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“…Dampness-related indoor exposure associations were found by numerous studies in different countries or regions [10,18,21,[25][26][27][28][29][30]. The results and conclusions of studies that assess dampnessrelated exposures and home characteristics are often different.…”

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A Systematic Review about Building Characteristics as Dampness-Related Indicators

Sousa

2024

Adv Environ Eng Res

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The consistent associations between dampness and health-related problems, such as allergies and asthma symptoms, explain the growing scientific interest in assessing housing characteristics. Due to a growing interest in the built environment, the present study performed a systematic review to investigate the prevalence of dampness related to specific building characteristics. The built environment is gaining significance in population well-being due to the substantial time spent indoors. This aspect is especially notable for specific demographics such as children and the elderly. This research is based on the PRISMA methodology and was conducted through scientific papers research published in independent peer-reviewed journals. This study’s key conclusions indicate a strong link between home characteristics and dampness-related risk predictors, such as the age of the building, the building materials, the type of ventilation systems, and other building characteristics. Maintenance and occupants’ behaviors through good ventilation practices, such as opening windows, were found to be the main remediation strategies. This research novelty involves the identification of home characteristics and dampness-related risk predictors common to a broad spectrum of studies, which makes it possible to identify measures to overcome these bottlenecks. From the constructive perspective, some characteristics, such as the age of the building, are not possible to modify; however, nowadays, technology and knowledge expertise can be used to minor building characteristics associated with health-related problems.

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A Systematic Review about Building Characteristics as Dampness-Related Indicators

Sousa

2024

Adv Environ Eng Res

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“…RDs are one of the most common and prevalent diseases amongst children, 7 and their prevalence is influenced by various indoor environmental factors. For example, heredity, 8 building types, 9 keeping pets at home, 10 indoor air quality 11 and dampness exposure 12,13 can all affect children's respiratory health. Children spend most of their time indoors, so the indoor environment of residential buildings was chosen as the object.…”

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Childhood respiratory diseases related to indoor and outdoor extreme thermal environment (air temperature) in Shanghai, China

Hong,

Luo,

Zhu

et al. 2023

Indoor and Built Environment

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Ambient air temperature could be the most significant factor impacting childhood respiratory health. This paper aims to analyze the relationship between air temperature and childhood respiratory diseases (RDs). Field measurements and meteorological parameters recorded from the weather website were conducted. Health outcomes regarding respiratory diseases amongst preschool children were reported. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results from logistic regression analyses illustrate that extreme air temperature was significantly associated with a high prevalence of RDs amongst children. Indoor high temperature (>28°C) was positively correlated with the long duration of a common cold (≥2 weeks), and outdoor high temperature (>35°C) was positively related to the high prevalence of pneumonia. Indoor and outdoor low temperature (<18°C and <4°C, respectively) was a risk factor for rhinitis amongst children. The largest indoor air temperature difference (IATD) (the 4th quartile, >4°C) and outdoor air temperature difference (OATD) (the 4th quartile, >8°C) were positively related to the high prevalence of pneumonia and diagnosed asthma amongst children. Large differences between indoor and outdoor air temperatures and large indoor air temperature variations should be avoided to reduce the adverse effects on respiratory health, especially in extreme climates.

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“…Whatever the level of country development, indoor humidity and mould problems are consistent with respiratory diseases and other symptoms [1] [2], so mould is an important indicator of indoor environment quality. It attaches great importance to the risk of high humidity and mould in the developed countries where the research about indoor mould contamination began earlier, because there is a large proportion of wood structure in many traditional building, some cold space, such as attics and crawl spaces, are also common in the building of developed Y. Y.…”

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Review on Mould Contamination and Hygrothermal Effect in Indoor Environment

He¹,

Luo²,

Ge³

et al. 2018

JEP

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Mould is an important factor which affects building environment and indoor air quality. Firstly, a variety of damages of mould contamination to human and building are reviewed. Then, the crucial factors of mould growth are analyzed; temperature and humidity are key factors. After that, the indoor mould growth models were analyzed. Heat and moisture transfer in building envelope is a key factor which affects mould growth environment; wall is sensitive to reach the critical condition which leads to mould growth and reproduction, results in contamination.

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Dampness Problem in Dwellings at Tianjin and its Association with Asthma and Allergy among Children

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

A Systematic Review about Building Characteristics as Dampness-Related Indicators

A Systematic Review about Building Characteristics as Dampness-Related Indicators

Childhood respiratory diseases related to indoor and outdoor extreme thermal environment (air temperature) in Shanghai, China

Review on Mould Contamination and Hygrothermal Effect in Indoor Environment

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