Odors and Sensations of Humidity and Dryness in Relation to Sick Building Syndrome and Home Environment in Chongqing, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Juan ^a,b   Li, Baizhan ^a   Yang, Qin ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Wang, Han ^a   Norback, Dan ^b   Sundell, Jan ^a,c  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHINA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODOR; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSATION; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

CHINA; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; ODORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

EID: 84883095468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072385     Document Type: Article

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