Sick-building symptoms in office workers in northeastern France: a pilot study
@article{Teculescu1998SickbuildingSI, title={Sick-building symptoms in office workers in northeastern France: a pilot study}, author={Dan B. Teculescu and Erik Andr{\'e} Sauleau and Nicole Massin and Abraham B Bohadana and Oliver Buhler and Lahoucine Benamghar and Jean M Mur}, journal={International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health}, year={1998}, volume={71}, pages={353-356} }
Study objectives: To verify that sick building symptoms are present in north-eastern France office workers; to try to identify new confounding factors. Methods: The design was that of a cross-sectional study with control group.We studied with the same methods the personnel of an air-conditioned building (n = 425), and of a naturally ventilated building (n = 351). Air temperature and humidity, bacterial and fungal densities were measured by the same technical staff in the two buildings. A…
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