In Defence of ‘The Sick Building Syndrome’

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 251-253

  Hedge, Alan ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84970639883     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X9500400502     Document Type: Editorial

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