Sick building syndrome in relation to air exchange rate, CO2, room temperature and relative air humidity in university computer classrooms: An experimental study

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-30

  Norbäck, Dan ^a   Nordström, Klas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Indoor air quality; Room temperature; Sick building syndrome (SBS); University students; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ILLUMINATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA; NOSE DISEASE; RATING SCALE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOM VENTILATION; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; THROAT DISEASE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; STUDENTS; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; UNIVERSITIES; VENTILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 46949107717     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0301-9     Document Type: Article

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