Were volatile organic compounds the inducing factors for subjective symptoms of employees working in newly constructed hospitals?

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 280-290

  Takigawa, Tomoko ^a   Horike, Tokushi ^b   Ohashi, Yasuhiro ^c   Kataoka, Hiroyuki ^c   Wang, Da Hong ^a   Kira, Shohei ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Junpukai Health Maintenance Center   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AUTONOMIC SYSTEM; HEALTH SYMPTOMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FORMALDEHYDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDOOR AIR; SYMPTOM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR DISEASE; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; THORAX DISEASE; THROAT DISEASE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; TOLUENE; VOLATILIZATION; XYLENES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 4444248132     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20035     Document Type: Article

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