No consistent risk factor pattern for symptoms related to the sick building syndrome: A prospective population based study

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 453-464

  Brauer, Charlotte ^a,d   Kolstad, Henrik ^b   Ørbæk, Palle ^c   Mikkelsen, Sigurd ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d Arbejdsmedicinsk Klinik   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Epidemiological study; Indoor air quality; Risk factors; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUCOSAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

EID: 33646369113     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0074-3     Document Type: Article

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