The sick building syndrome and mass hysteria

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 405-412

  Rothman, A L ^a   Weintraub, M I ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CIVIL DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

EID: 0029033381     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8619(18)30053-7     Document Type: Review

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