The Stockholm Indoor Environment Questionnaire: A sociologically based tool for the assessment of indoor environment and health in dwellings

Indoor Air

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-33

  Engvall, K ^a,b   Norrby, C ^a   Sandstedt, E ^c  

^a Stockholm Office of Research and Statistics   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Indoor environment; Questionnaire; Residential; Sick building syndrome; Validation

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

EVERYDAY LANGUAGE; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; STOCKHOLM; TEST PROCEDURES; THERMAL; VALIDATION;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; BEHAVIOR; BUILDING; CALCULATION; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; NOISE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; STOCKHOLM INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; LIGHT; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1542741010     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00204.x     Document Type: Review

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