ABSTRACT

The contributions here do not represent the complete picture. As well as papers by the experts directly involved in the LARES study, WHO has made the datasets publicly available and this has resulted in other analyses and reports, including papers on residential lighting and risk for depression and falls (Brown and Jacobs submitted) on dampness and mold in the home and depression (Shenassa et al 2007), noise-induced annoyance and morbidity (Neimann et al 2006), and home safety (Moore and Ormandy 2004; Ormandy 2004; LARES study 2008). What the contributions in this work show are some of the possibilities presented by the data generated by the LARES study. It is also worth noting that the LARES instruments have been adopted and adapted for other projects, including studies in Portugal and Australia, and are the basis of a proposal for a collaborative study in the United States and the UK.