Prevalence of the sick building syndrome symptoms in office workers before and six months and three years after being exposed to a building with an improved ventilation system

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-53

  Bourbeau, Jean ^a,b   Brisson, Chantal ^a   Allaire, Sylvain ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

indoor air quality; office workers; sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

EID: 0031053446     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.1.49     Document Type: Article

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