Office Workers and Teachers

Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 313-336

  Cox Ganser, Jean M ^a   Park, Ju Hyeong ^a   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Damp building conditions from external and internal sources of water; Exposures, related to renovation and remediation activities; Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and annual visits to otorhinolaryngologists; Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems adequate outside air; Indoor air quality consultants their recommendations for ventilation rates and maintenance; Indoor environmental conditions pertinent to respiratory diseases; Occupational asthma, induced by workplace sensitizers cured, if inciting sensitizer is identified; Office workers and teachers; Types of contaminants, circulated by ventilation systems in a building; Ventilation standards, for control of body odor in indoor environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886122273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470710425.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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