Sick building syndrome

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 571-585

  Hodgson, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; VENTILATION;

EID: 4644291170     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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