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Document ID (ISN)55993
CIS number 91-1021
ISSN - Serial title Safety Review (Electricity Association)
Year 1991
Convention or series no.
Title Sick building syndrome
Bibliographic information 1991, Vol.49, p.15-17. Illus.
Abstract In connection with the recent establishment of a global alarm system by WHO concerning the mysterious occurrences of respiratory illnesses inside office buildings, known jointly as sick building syndrome, this article discusses this health problem and makes some recommendations for its prevention.
Descriptors (primary) United Kingdom; WHO; infectious diseases; safety guides; air conditioner disease; offices; sick building syndrome; respiratory diseases
Descriptors (secondary)
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Office work
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Sick building syndrome
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
OSH training
Pneumoconioses