Personal and psychosocial factors and symptoms compatible with sick building syndrome in the Swedish workforce

Indoor Air

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 445-453

  Runeson, R ^a   Wahlstedt, K ^a   Wieslander, G ^a   Norback D ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopy; Gender; Job Strain; Occupational Stress; Psychosocial Work Environment; Sick Building Syndrome

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ATOPY; GENDER; JOB STRAINS; OCCUPATIONAL STRESS; ODD RATIOS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WORK ENVIRONMENT; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELLING;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33750687257     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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