Symptoms and sense of coherence - A follow-up study of personnel from workplace buildings with indoor air problems

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-38

  Runeson, Roma ^a   Norback D ^a   Stattin, H ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Building dampness; Headache; Indoor air quality; Nasal symptoms; Ocular symptoms; Personality; Psychosocial factors; Sense of coherence; Sick building syndrome; Tiredness

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXANOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; ATTITUDE; BUILDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOSE DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROAT DISEASE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITALIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

EID: 0038621330     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0372-y     Document Type: Article

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