Chemical and microbial exposures in a school building: Adverse health effects in children

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 194-201

  Putus, Tuula ^a,c   Tuomainen, Anneli ^b   Rautiala, Sirpa ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c Department of Environmental Health ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Dampness; Health effects; Indoor air; Microbes; School; Symptoms; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXANOL; CHEMICAL AGENT; HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE DISEASES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GASES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SCHOOLS; SEWAGE; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 24944514574     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.4.194-201     Document Type: Article

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