Sick building syndrome: Psychological, somatic, and environmental determinants

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 147-155

  Gomzi, Milica ^a   Bobic, Jasminka ^a   Radosevic Vidacek, Biserka ^a   Macan, Jelena ^a   Varnai, Veda Marija ^a   Milkovic Kraus, Sanja ^a   Kanceljak Macan, Bozica ^a  

^a Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Airway reactivity; Atopy; Female office workers; Psychological factors; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB STRESS; MICROCLIMATE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROOM VENTILATION; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SORE EYE;

EID: 43149104392     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.62.3.147-155     Document Type: Article

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