There is no empirical data to support such a statement. How these influences affect flooring materials is the crux of this article. Although moisture is an ingredient in all failures, there is no linear correlation between moisture levels and the majority of flooring failures. High vapor emission levels or dewpoint generally creates high moisture levels. Although these two activities are completely unrelated to each other, the end-result has many similarities.
Water vapor responds only to temperature and humidity.
As a result, the vapor emission levels are entirely dependent upon the differences in relative humidity and temperature between the concrete surface, concrete interior and the use environment. Vapor pressures are often blamed for vapor emission problems, but in reality, the actual vapor pressures are so low, that they can only be calculated, not measured. In fact, vapor pressures rarely exceed 0.50 psi and under livable conditions, cannot even achieve pressures exceeding 1.0 psi. Dewpoint may well be the least understood and least appreciated influence in flooring failures. Dewpoint effects can strongly resemble vapor emission, but is largely controlled by a natural hydrological cycle.