Questionnaire design for sick building syndrome: An empirical comparison of options

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-72

  Raw, Gary J ^a   Roys, Michael S ^a   Whitehead, Carolyn ^b   Tong, David ^b  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Building Use Studies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030049140     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0160-4120(95)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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