Indoor particles and symptoms among office workers: Results from a double-blind cross-over study

Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 296-304

  Mendell, Mark J ^a,b   Fisk, William J ^b   Petersen, Marty R ^a   Hines, Cynthia J ^a   Dong, Maxia ^b   Faulkner, David ^b   Deddens, James A ^a   Ruder, Avima M ^a   Sullivan, Douglas ^b   Boeniger, Mark F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air filtration; Indoor air pollutants; Intervention studies; Particles; Symptoms; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036224349     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200205000-00010     Document Type: Article

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