Indirect Health Effects of Relative Humidity in Indoor Environments
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Indirect health effects of relative humidity in indoor environments.
A review of the health effects of relative humidity in indoor environments suggests that relative humidity can affect the incidence of respiratory infections and allergies. Experimental studies on airborne-transmitted infectious bacteria and viruses have shown that the survival or infectivity of these organisms is minimized by exposure to relative humidities between 40 and 70%. Nine epidemiolog...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3430203