WHO Second Technical Meeting on Quantifying Disease from Inadequate Housing: Meeting Report, November 15–17, 2006, Bonn, Germany

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• Personal Author:
  Battersby S ; Bauer R ; Davidson M ; Gilbert N ; Howden-Chapman P ; Jaakkola MS ; Jacobs DE ; Kales SN ; Link B ; Matthews I ; Morawska L ; Nevalainen A ; Niemann H ; Rudge J ; Shenassa ED ; Sundell J ; Thomson H
• Description:
  The WHO European Centre for Environment and Health is addressing the question "how much human health is negatively affected by inadequate housing?" to support European policy-makers. With the support of the German Ministry of Environment, experts were invited to a meeting in Bonn on November 15-17, 2006 to review and assess the evidence base for quantifying environmental burden of diseases (EBD) for housing-health linkages selected by the first meeting in 2005. The experts presented the available evidence of the association between housing factors and health effects, and identified six housing-health linkages for which a burden of disease assessment will be undertaken (damp / mould and asthma; crowding and tuberculosis; house dust mites and asthma; carbon monoxide and poisoning; home safety and fall injuries; and lack of ventilation). In addition, the experts agreed on a list of relevant housing and health issues for which short evidence summaries will be prepared. The experts agreed to continue with a first assessment of the environmental burden of disease of inadequate housing and formed six working groups to develop draft assessments. WHO will act as the secretariat to the expert working groups and coordinate the overall process. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Animals Asthma Asthma, Occupational Benzene Carbon Monoxide Chemistry Environmental Exposure Formaldehyde Fungi Hypersensitivity Lead Men Mental Health Nervous System Noise Occupational Health Particulate Matter Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Temperature Ventilation Women

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• Keywords:
  Adverse Effects Allergens Analysis Author Keywords: Air Pollution Indoor Benzenes Carbon Monoxide Cardiopulmonary System Disorders Chemical Properties Children Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Health Status Europe Exposure Levels Health Effects Housing Standards Humans IAQ IEQ Indicators Indoor Air Pollution Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environmental Quality Indoor Environments Injuries Mental Health Molds Monitoring Systems Nitrogen Oxides Particulates Psychological Effects Radon Risk Assessment Risk Factors Rodents Social Conditions Sociological Factors Temperature Effects

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• Publisher:
  World Health Organization
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Rhode Island
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-20
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20060126
• Citation:
  Copenhagen, Denmark: World Health Organization, 2007 Jan; :1-20
• Contact Point Address:
  Stefanos N. Kales, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, Medical Director, Employee & Industrial Medicine Cambridge Health Alliance, Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School & Harvard School of Public Health, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard School of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  WHO second technical meeting on quantifying disease from inadequate housing: meeting report, November 15-17, 2006, Bonn, Germany
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:15a46f727e78e1cd154334408c9ab11ee7158ecaa46183924ebd3509b4d52443484abbf8b5dc412fc507c2df233a2cbd097b9eac3329769d251b38ccef70c474
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224135/cdc_224135_DS1.pdf
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