The national institute for occupational safety and health indoor environmental evaluation experience. Part three: Associations between environmental factors and self-reported health conditions

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1387-1392

  Karl Sieber, W ^a   Stayner, Leslie T ^a   Malkin, Robert ^a   Petersen, Martin R ^a   Mendell, Mark J ^a   Wallingford, Kenneth M ^a   Crandall, Michael S ^a   Wilcox, Thomas G ^a   Reed, Laurence ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; WORKROOM AIR;

EID: 0029907240     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1996.10389435     Document Type: Article

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