Abstract:
:"Sick building syndrome" (SBS) is one of the more colorful terms describing an increasingly common pattern of symptoms found among workers in modern office buildings. Core symptoms include lethargy, mucous membrane irritation, headache, eye irritation, and dry skin. To prompt a diagnosis of SBS, these otherwise common symptoms must be "excessively" reported and primarily "work-related." The World Health Organization now estimates that 30% of new or remodeled office buildings show signs of SBS, and that between 10% and 30% of the occupants of these buildings are affected by SBS. Despite such figures, SBS remains poorly researched and even more poorly understood. The following review provides the clinician an overview of SBS that will allow a more accurate differential diagnosis and will help to prevent the widespread suffering that can accrue when SBS is not quickly recognized.
journal_name
South Med Jjournal_title
Southern medical journalauthors
Lyles WB,Greve KW,Bauer RM,Ware MR,Schramke CJ,Crouch J,Hicks Adoi
10.1097/00007611-199101000-00015subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-01-01 00:00:00pages
65-71, 76issue
1eissn
0038-4348issn
1541-8243journal_volume
84pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1976-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/00007611-197612000-00015
更新日期:1976-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1984-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198811000-00008
更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1988-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00