Prevalence and risk factors of sick building syndrome among office workers

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-114

  Abdel Hamid, Mona A ^a   A Hakim, Sally ^a   Elokda, Elsayed E ^a   Mostafa, Nayera S ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

job satisfaction; office workers; psychosocial working conditions; sick building syndrome; work office environment

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84883402114     PISSN: 00132446     EISSN: 2090262X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.EPX.0000431629.28378.c0     Document Type: Article

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