Edifice complex

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6956912

Levin, H ^[1]

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1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (US)

Sick building syndrome (SBS) may affect as many as 20% of the office workers in the United States. In a survey of U.S. office workers, symptoms associated by respondents with poor air quality included a tired, sleepy feeling (56%), a congested nose (45%), eye irritations (41%), difficulty in breathing (40%), and headaches (39%). Efforts to control and abate the causes of SBS in buildings are potentially important to the economy and to public health. The paper reviews selected published reports related to SBS. A discussion of some of the problems limiting our understanding of it is presented.

• OSTI ID: 6956912
• Report Number(s): CONF-880679-
• Resource Relation: Conference: 81. annual meeting of Air Pollution Control Association, Dallas, TX (USA), 19-24 Jun 1988; Other Information: Technical Paper 88-111.3; Related Information: Volume 6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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