Variability of personal chemical exposure in eight office buildings in Sweden

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Glas, Bo ^a,c   Levin, Jan Olof ^b   Stenberg, Berndt ^a   Stenlund, Hans ^a   Sunesson, Anna Lena ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c NUS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemical exposure; Epidemiology; Office; Sex; Sick building syndrome; Variation

Indexed keywords

1 [4 (METHYLETHENYLPHENYL)PHENYL]ETHANONE; 1,3 BIS(1 METHENYL)BENZENE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AMINE; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORTHO XYLENE; OZONE; PINENE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SWEDEN; VARIANCE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALDEHYDES; AMINES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 2542442526     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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