Sick building syndrome: An overview to raise awareness
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An Investigation of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) in Workplaces, (Case Study: Engineering Organization Building of Urmia).
Background and objectives: Undoubtfuly, people spend a significant portion of their time in workplaces. Many factors affect the health and well-being of employees. The present study aimed to identify the architectural problems of the environment by examining the symptoms of Sick Building Syndrome and ranking the parameters influenced by five physical factors (thermal comfort, noise, lighting, l...
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There have been few longitudinal studies on sick building syndrome (SBS), which include headache, fatigue, and runny nose. We considered effect of sick building syndrome with illnesses like headache, fatigue and runny nose. Thus, we designed a questionnaire and asked from male of dormitory residence. Questions of the questionnaire were more about known symptoms of buildings (headache, fatigue, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Building Appraisal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1744-9545
DOI: 10.1057/jba.2009.20