Relation of dampness to sick building syndrome in Japanese public apartment houses

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-35

  Saijo, Yasuaki ^a   Nakagi, Yoshihiko ^a   Ito, Toshihiro ^a   Sugioka, Yoshihiko ^a   Endo, Hitoshi ^a   Yoshida, Takahiko ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Condensation; Dampness; Mold; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSING; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOISTURE; MOULD; ODOR; ROOM VENTILATION; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

EID: 70349584354     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-008-0052-y     Document Type: Article

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