Two sensitive sick-building syndrome patients possibly responding to p-Dichlorobenzene and 2-Ethyl-1-hexanol: Case report

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-123

  Kondo, Fumio ^a   Ikai, Yoshitomo ^a   Goto, Tomomi ^a   Ito, Yuko ^a   Oka, Hisao ^a   Nakazawa, Hiroyuki ^b   Odajima, Yasuhei ^c   Kamijima, Michihiro ^d   Shibata, Eiji ^e   Torii, Shinpei ^f   Miyazaki, Yutaka ^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

2 ethyl 1 hexanol; p dichlorobenzene; Serum; Sick building syndrome; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2 ETHYLHEXANOL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NIGHT SWEAT; NOSE IRRITATION; OCULAR PRURITUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; THROAT IRRITATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33846888616     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.53.119     Document Type: Article

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