Children may be more susceptible to exposures to environmental toxins than adults and may be more vulnerable to their effects. Because of this, the health care community and those responsible for children need to be alert to possible environmental factors in identifying and responding to the health problems of children. Their focus should be on the causes of the health problem, emphasizing envi...

The standards set forth by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapter 797 have now been in effect since January 1 or 2004. As the first practice standards of sterile pharmacy compounding in US history, they have "attracted both respect and criticism" because they have also been cited as a practice expectation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. USP 797 expand...

employees’ satisfaction based on their physical environment is an important factor that can improve employees’ performance, job satisfaction, and organizational productivity in office buildings. occupants’ environmental satisfaction are related to 10 different characteristics, including thermal comfort, air quality, lighting, acoustic quality, office layout, workspace furnishing, cleanliness an...

The relationship between democracy and environment has always been controversial. Some scientists found that democracy had a positive impact on reducing environmental disruption. Other scholars claimed that democracy tends to accelerate environmental degradation. Ther are many studies focusing on main determinants of environmental degradation. More recently, democracy is considered to be one of...

Günümüzde insanlar zamanlarının büyük bölümünü konut, ofis, okul gibi kapalı mekânda geçirmektedir. Son yıllarda yaygın olarak görülen hasta bina sendromu, kaynaklı hastalıklar, okullarda öğrenim performansının ve ofis ortamlarında çalışanların verimliliklerinin azalması sağlık verimlilik sorunları iç ortam kalitesi ile ilişkilendirilmektedir. Bu çalışmada sürdürülebilir kavramları ilişkilendir...