2024
No
Exploration of the effects of classroom humidity levels on teachers’ respiratory symptoms
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-016-1111-0
Angelon‑Gaetz, Kim A.
North America
Epidemiological
Observational
Teachers
Elementary (K-5)
Middle/Jr High (6-8)
High School (9-12)
Humidity
Respiratory symptoms
Teachers
Asthma
Allergies
Longitudinal study
Workplace
Classroom humidity
Longitudinal study in North Carolina schools linked classroom humidity levels with respiratory symptoms in teachers. Data suggest prolonged high or low humidity may modestly increase asthma-like or allergy symptoms.
2016