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Daylight and health: A review of the evidence and consequences for the built environment
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Daylight has been associated with multiple health advantages. Some of these claims are associations, hypotheses or beliefs. This review presents an overview of a scientific literature search on the proven effects of daylight exposure on human health. Studies were identified with a search strategy across two main databases. Additionally, a search was performed based on specific health effects. The results are diverse and either physiological or psychological. A rather limited statistically significant and well-documented scientific proof for the association between daylight and its potential health consequences was found. However, the search based on specific health terms made it possible to create a first subdivision of associations with daylight, leading to the first practical implementations for building design.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Aries, M., Aarts, M., & van Hoof, J.
- Venue
- Lighting Research & Technology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2013-11-07
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 6-27
- ISSN
- 0024-3426 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-1535
- 1477-0938
- OpenAlex
- W2157610125
- Cited by
- 273
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 2.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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