Indoor air quality and sick building syndrome: Are green buildings better than conventional buildings?
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Ventilation rate in office buildings and sick building syndrome.
OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between ventilation rate and occurrence of symptoms of the eyes, nose, throat, and skin as well as general symptoms such as lethargy and headache, often termed the sick building syndrome. METHODS A cross sectional population based study was carried out in 399 workers from 14 mechanically ventilated office buildings without air recirculation or humidification,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0973-2284
DOI: 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_148_19