Relationship between sick building syndrome and indoor environmental factors in newly built Japanese dwellings

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 583-593

  Takeda, Makoto ^a   Saijo, Yasuaki ^a,b   Yuasa, Motoyuki ^a   Kanazawa, Ayako ^a   Araki, Atsuko ^a   Kishi, Reiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Alpha pinene; Formaldehyde; Miteallergen; Mold; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; PINENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HOUSING; HUMANS; JAPAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; XENOBIOTICS;

ACARI; FUNGI;

EID: 63349095488     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0395-8     Document Type: Article

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