Resolution of sick building syndrome in a high-security facility

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 635-643

  Hiipakka, David W ^a   Buffington, John R ^b  

^a US Naval Hospital   (Spain)

^b Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fungi; HVAC; Indoor Environmental Quality; Mold; Sick Building Syndrome

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FILTER; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FUNGI; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MYCOTOXINS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; VENTILATION;

EID: 0033870288     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220050075644     Document Type: Article

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