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Dusty the Asthma Goldfish and His Asthma Triggers Funbook
Booklet about things that can trigger asthma, conveyed through various activities like connect-the-dots and mazes, including a reminder to build an asthma plan to help deal with symptoms.
Date:
February 2004
Creator:
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Do indoor environments in schools influence student performance? A review of the literature
Limited research is available on potential adverse effects of school environments on academic performance, despite strong public concern. We examine the scientific evidence relevant to this relationship by reviewing available research relating schools and other indoor environments to human performance or attendance. As a primary focus, we critically review evidence for direct relationships between indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in buildings and performance or attendance. As a secondary focus, we summarize, without critique, evidence on potential connections indirectly linking IEQ to performance or attendance: relationships between IEQ and health, between health and performance or attendance, and between attendance and performance. The most persuasive direct evidence showed increases in indoor concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and outdoor concentrations of several specific pollutants to be related to reduced school attendance. The most persuasive indirect evidence showed indoor dampness and microbiologic pollutants to be related to asthma and respiratory infections, which have in turn been related to reduced performance and attendance. Furthermore, a substantial scientific literature links poor IEQ (e.g., low ventilation rate, excess moisture or formaldehyde) with respiratory and other health effects in children and adults. Overall, evidence suggests that poor IEQ in schools can influence the performance and attendance of students, primarily through …
Date:
November 24, 2004
Creator:
Mendell, Mark J. & Heath, Garvin A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A model to estimate the cost effectiveness of the indoorenvironment improvements in office work
Deteriorated indoor climate is commonly related to increases in sick building syndrome symptoms, respiratory illnesses, sick leave, reduced comfort and losses in productivity. The cost of deteriorated indoor climate for the society is high. Some calculations show that the cost is higher than the heating energy costs of the same buildings. Also building-level calculations have shown that many measures taken to improve indoor air quality and climate are cost-effective when the potential monetary savings resulting from an improved indoor climate are included as benefits gained. As an initial step towards systemizing these building level calculations we have developed a conceptual model to estimate the cost-effectiveness of various measures. The model shows the links between the improvements in the indoor environment and the following potential financial benefits: reduced medical care cost, reduced sick leave, better performance of work, lower turn over of employees, and lower cost of building maintenance due to fewer complaints about indoor air quality and climate. The pathways to these potential benefits from changes in building technology and practices go via several human responses to the indoor environment such as infectious diseases, allergies and asthma, sick building syndrome symptoms, perceived air quality, and thermal environment. The model also …
Date:
June 1, 2004
Creator:
Seppanen, Olli & Fisk, William J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Benefit Analysis for the Section 112 Utility Rule
A report which provides information on the types and levels of social benefits anticipated from reducing mercury and nickel emissions. Health and welfare effects are a main focus.
Date:
January 2004
Creator:
United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2004
Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on border-region children and their local environmental conditions.
Date:
February 2004
Creator:
United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 36, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 24, 2004
Creator:
Brown, Gloria
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
September 11: Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "When the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings collapsed on September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people died and an estimated 250,000 to 400,000 people who were visiting, living, working, and attending school nearby, or responding to the attack, were exposed to a mixture of dust, debris, smoke, and various chemicals. In the months to follow, thousands of people who returned to the area to live and work, as well as responders who were involved in the search for remains and site cleanup, were also exposed. In addition, people in New York City and across the country were exposed to the emotional trauma of a terrorist attack on American soil. Concerns have been raised about the short- and long-term physical and mental health effects of the attack. Various government agencies and private organizations established efforts to monitor and understand these health effects. GAO was asked to describe the health effects that have been observed in the aftermath of the WTC attack and the efforts that are in place to monitor and understand those health effects. GAO searched bibliographic databases such as Medline to determine the pertinent scientific literature, reviewed that …
Date:
September 8, 2004
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Wynnewood Gazette (Wynnewood, Okla.), Vol. 101, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 2004
Weekly newspaper from Wynnewood, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 26, 2004
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 119, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 30, 2004
Creator:
Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 235, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 2004
Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 9, 2004
Creator:
Brown, Gloria
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas WIC News, Volume 13, Number 2, Spring 2004
Bimonthly newsletter of the Texas Department of State Health Services about topics related to the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. WIC is a nutritional program that provides education and counselling, nutritious foods, and help accessing health care to low-income women, infants, and children.
Date:
Spring 2004
Creator:
Texas. Bureau of WIC Nutrition.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CSHCN Provider Bulletin, Number 50, May 2004
Quarterly newsletter from the Texas Department of State Health Services providing information for health care providers offering services to children with special needs, including resources related medical administration and insurance claims as well as other relevant topics for working with the special health care needs population.
Date:
May 2004
Creator:
Texas. Department of Health.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The EPA Office of Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
This report is an inventory of the profiles of the Environmental Justice Small Grants awarded for FY 2003. It shows each regions grants awards depending on socioeconomic balance, diversity of recipients, and sustainability of benefits.
Date:
October 26, 2004
Creator:
United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dietary Supplements: Ephedra
This report will attempt to clarify the current regulatory status of dietary supplement products containing ephedra.
Date:
February 4, 2004
Creator:
Porter, Donna V.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 30, 2004
Creator:
Cartwright, Brian & Morgan, Clay
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Summary of human responses to ventilation
The effects of ventilation on indoor air quality and health is a complex issue. It is known that ventilation is necessary to remove indoor generated pollutants from indoor air or dilute their concentration to acceptable levels. But, as the limit values of all pollutants are not known, the exact determination of required ventilation rates based on pollutant concentrations and associated risks is seldom possible. The selection of ventilation rates has to be based also on epidemiological research (e.g. Seppanen et al., 1999), laboratory and field experiments (e.g. CEN 1996, Wargocki et al., 2002a) and experience (e.g. ECA 2003). Ventilation may also have harmful effects on indoor air quality and climate if not properly designed, installed, maintained and operated as summarized by Seppdnen (2003). Ventilation may bring indoors harmful substances that deteriorate the indoor environment. Ventilation also affects air and moisture flow through the building envelope and may lead to moisture problems that deteriorate the structures of the building. Ventilation changes the pressure differences over the structures of building and may cause or prevent the infiltration of pollutants from structures or adjacent spaces. Ventilation is also in many cases used to control the thermal environment or humidity in buildings. Ventilation can …
Date:
June 1, 2004
Creator:
Seppanen, Olli A. & Fisk, William J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 96, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Daily student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
March 30, 2004
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 2004
Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 8, 2004
Creator:
Wisch, Rene & Wisch-Ray, Sharon
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Commentary: Air-conditioning as a risk for increased use of healthservices
In this issue of the journal, Preziosi et al. [2004] report the first study to assess differences in the utilization of health care related to the presence of air-conditioning in office workplaces. Although the study was simple and cross-sectional, the data variables from questionnaires, and the findings subject to a variety of questions, the findings are striking enough to deserve clarification. The study used a large random national sample of French women assembled for another purpose (to study antioxidant nutrients and prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease). Participants reported health services and health events in monthly questionnaires over 1 year, and in one questionnaire in the middle of that period also reported whether air-conditioning was in use at their workplace. Fifteen percent of participants reported air-conditioning at work. Analyses adjusting for age and smoking status of participants found increases in most outcomes assessed: use of specific kinds of physicians, sickness absence, and hospital stays. While the increases in odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were statistically significant for only otorhinolaryngology [OR (95% CI) = 2.33 (1.35-4.04)] and sickness absence [1.70 (1.13-2.58)], other increases were notable--dermatology [1.6 (0.98-2.65)]; hospital stay [1.51 (0.92-2.45)], and pneumonology [2.10 (0.65-6.82)]. The least elevated …
Date:
June 1, 2004
Creator:
Mendell, Mark J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
OncoLog, Volume 49, Number 9, September 2004
Newsletter from the University of Texas System Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute discussing cancer care and research to inform physicians of recent developments in the field.
Date:
September 2004
Creator:
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aviation Safety: More Research Needed on the Effects of Air Quality on Airliner Cabin Occupants
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Over the years, the traveling public, flight attendants, and the medical community have raised questions about how airliner cabin air quality contributes to health effects, such as upper respiratory infections. Interest in cabin air quality grew in 2003 when a small number of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) infections may have occurred on board aircraft serving areas that were experiencing outbreaks of the disease. In 2001, a National Research Council report on airliner cabin air quality and associated health effects recommended that additional research be done on the potential health effects of cabin air. GAO reviewed what is known about the health effects of cabin air, the status of actions recommended in the 2001 National Research Council report, and whether available technologies should be required to improve cabin air quality."
Date:
January 16, 2004
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 6, 2004
Creator:
Cartwright, Brian & Morgan, Clay
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Archer Advocate (Holliday, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Weekly newspaper from Holliday, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 13, 2004
Creator:
Thomas, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 90, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 7, 2004
Semi-weekly newspaper from Livingston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 7, 2004
Creator:
White, Barbara
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History