The sick building syndrome: A chicken and egg situation?

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 465-471

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

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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

^d Arbejdsmedicinsk Klinik   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bias; Cohort study; Epidemiological study; Indoor air quality; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

EID: 33646723256     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0075-2     Document Type: Article

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