The Effect of Varying Levels of Outdoor-Air Supply on the Symptoms of Sick Building Syndrome
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- 25 March 1993
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 328 (12), 821-827
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199303253281201
Abstract
The sick building syndrome is the term given to a constellation of symptoms reported by workers in modern office buildings, hypothesized to occur when the supply of outdoor air is reduced, because of the accumulation of contaminants arising from within the building. We undertook this study to determine the effect of changing the supply of outdoor air in four office buildings on the symptoms reported by workers and their perception of the indoor environment.Keywords
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