Challenges for indoor environment research in the new office

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 574-579

  Schneider, Thomas ^a   Skov, Peder ^b   Valbjørn, Ole ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b KØGE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c National Building Research Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Individual control; Individual reaction; Psychosocial factors; Sick building syndrome; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; DUST; HEATING; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; ODOR; OFFICE WORKER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033377053     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.483     Document Type: Review

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