Associations of cognitive function scores with carbon dioxide, ventilation, and volatile organic compound exposures in office workers: A controlled exposure study of green and conventional office environments

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 805-812

  Allen, Joseph G ^a   MacNaughton, Piers ^a   Satish, Usha ^b   Santanam, Suresh ^c   Vallarino, Jose ^a   Spengler, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AIR POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; COGNITION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84965125888     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510037     Document Type: Article

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