Sick building syndrome

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 65-76

  Bradford Lyles, W ^a,b   Greve, Kevin W ^a   Bauer, Russell M ^a   Ware, Michael R ^a,b   Schramke, Carol J ^a   Crouch, John ^a   Hicks, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Cleveland Clinic Lerner   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE DISEASES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LABORATORIES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; SLEEP STAGES; VENTILATION;

EID: 84932395720     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199101000-00015     Document Type: Article

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