Structural equation analysis of the causal relationship between health and perceived indoor environment

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 769-776

  Brauer, Charlotte ^a,c   Budtz Jørgensen, Esben ^b   Mikkelsen, Sigurd ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Epidemiological studies; Sick building syndrome; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EYE IRRITATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE IRRITATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THROAT IRRITATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

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

EID: 40349111463     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0244-6     Document Type: Article

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