Serum levels of volatile organic compounds in patients with sick building syndrome

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-337

  Kondo, F ^a   Ikai, Y ^a   Goto, T ^a   Ito, Y ^a   Oka, H ^a   Nakazawa, H ^b   Odajima, Y ^c   Kamijima, M ^d   Shibata, E ^e   Torii, S ^f   Miyazaki, Y ^a  

^a AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f AICHI GAKUSEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; SERUM; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33750005087     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1070-3     Document Type: Article

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