Significance of humidity and temperature on skin and upper airway symptoms

Indoor Air

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 344-352

  Reinikainen, L M ^a,b   Jaakkola, J J K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Humidification; Humidity; Indoor air; Office environment; Sick building syndrome; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; RISK PERCEPTION;

HUMIDIFICATION; HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; INDOOR AIR; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELING; OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICAL FACTORS; PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; UPPER AIRWAY; WORKERS';

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY SKIN; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE DISEASE; ODOR; PHARYNX DISEASE; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WORKROOM AIR;

EID: 0345734087     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2003.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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