Browsing Research Articles (Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology) by Subject "Indoor temperature"

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Dwelling characteristics influence indoor temperature and may pose health threats in LMICs

Teare, June; Mathee, Angela; Naicker, Nisha; Swanepoel, Cheryl; Kapwata, Thandi; Balakrishna, Yusentha; Du Preez, David Jean; Millar, Danielle A.; Wright, Caradee Yael (Ubiquity Press, 2020)

BACKGROUND: Shelter and safe housing is a basic human need that brings about a sense of ownership, selfsufficiency, and citizenship. Millions of people around the world live in inadequate dwellings in unhealthy areas, ...
Indoor temperatures in low cost housing in Johannesburg, South Africa

Naicker, Nisha; Teare, June; Balakrishna, Yusentha; Wright, Caradee Yael; Mathee, Angela (MDPI Publishing, 2017-11-18)

Ambient and indoor temperature affects thermal comfort and human health. In a changing climate with a predicted change in temperature extremes, understanding indoor temperatures, both hot and cold, of different housing ...
Indoor temperatures in patient waiting rooms in eight rural primary health care centers in Northern South Africa and the related potential risks to human health and wellbeing

Wright, Caradee Yael; Street, Renee A.; Cele, Nokulunga; Kunene, Zamantimande; Balakrishna, Yusentha; Albers, Patricia N.; Mathee, Angela (MDPI Publishing, 2017-01-06)

Increased temperatures affect human health and vulnerable groups including infants, children, the elderly and people with pre-existing diseases. In the southern African region climate models predict increases in ambient ...

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