A study of indoor carbon dioxide levels and sick leave among office workers

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-10

  Myatt, Theodore A ^a   Staudenmayer, John ^b   Adams, Kate ^a   Walters, Michael ^c   Rudnick, Stephen N ^a   Milton, Donald K ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c POLAROID CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREEZING; HEATING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WORKING TIME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BOSTON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SICK LEAVE; VENTILATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 2542442463     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-1-1     Document Type: Article

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