Epidemiology of sick building syndrome and its associated risk factors in Singapore

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 188-193

  Ooi, P L ^a   Goh, K T ^a   Phoon, M H ^a   Foo, S C ^b   Yap, H M ^b  

^a 21 00 Environment Building   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Environmental epidemiology; Sick building syndrome; Tropical city

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031921856     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.3.188     Document Type: Article

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