The effect of duct cleaning on perceived work environment and symptoms of office employees in non-problem buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1665-1671

  Kolari, Sirpa ^a   Heikkilä Kallio, Ulla ^b   Luoma, Marianna ^a   Pasanen, Pertti ^c   Korhonen, Pirjo ^b   Nykyri, Erkki ^b   Reijula, Kari ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Duct cleaning; Office work; Questionnaire; Supply air quality; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; DUCTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VENTILATION;

DUCT CLEANING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

BUILDINGS;

CLEANING; INDOOR AIR QUALITY;

EID: 23144444621     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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