An adaptation strategy to urban heat: hospital rooms with radiant cooling accelerate patient recovery

Christina Hoffmann, Uta Liebers, Philipp Humbsch, Marija Drozdek, Georg Bölke, Peter Hoffmann, Adrien Holzgreve, Gavin C. Donaldson, Christian Witt

Source: ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00881-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00881-2020
Journal Issue: July
Disease area: Airway diseases

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