TY - BOOK ID - 8062195 TI - Sick building syndrome : in public buildings and workplaces PY - 2011 SN - 3642428762 3642179185 3642179193 PB - Heidelberg : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Architecture. KW - Biomedical engineering. KW - Engineering. KW - Environmental Medicine. KW - Immunology. KW - Medicine, Industrial. KW - Employment KW - Environmental Illness KW - Personnel Management KW - Sanitation KW - Environmental Pollution KW - Public Health KW - Hypersensitivity KW - Organization and Administration KW - Disorders of Environmental Origin KW - Socioeconomic Factors KW - Population Characteristics KW - Immune System Diseases KW - Diseases KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Health Services Administration KW - Health Care KW - Environmental Exposure KW - Workplace KW - Sick Building Syndrome KW - Public Facilities KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Biomedical Engineering KW - Environmental Health KW - Sick building syndrome. KW - Building sickness KW - Tight building syndrome KW - Occupational medicine. KW - Buildings. KW - Buildings KW - Building. KW - Construction. KW - Engineering, Architectural. KW - Environmental health. KW - Biomedical Engineering. KW - Environmental Health. KW - Building Types and Functions. KW - Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine. KW - Building Construction. KW - Design and construction. KW - Environmentally induced diseases KW - Syndromes KW - Indoor air pollution KW - Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. KW - Building Construction and Design. KW - Immunobiology KW - Life sciences KW - Serology KW - Industrial medicine KW - Medicine, Occupational KW - Occupational medicine KW - Medicine KW - Occupational diseases KW - Architecture, Western (Western countries) KW - Building design KW - Construction KW - Western architecture (Western countries) KW - Art KW - Building KW - Clinical engineering KW - Medical engineering KW - Bioengineering KW - Biophysics KW - Engineering KW - Design and construction KW - Buildings—Design and construction. KW - Architectural engineering KW - Construction science KW - Engineering, Architectural KW - Structural design KW - Structural engineering KW - Architecture KW - Construction industry KW - Edifices KW - Halls KW - Structures KW - Environmental quality KW - Health KW - Health ecology KW - Public health KW - Environmental engineering KW - Health risk assessment KW - Health aspects KW - Environmental aspects KW - Built environment UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8062195 AB - Sick Building Syndrome in Public Buildings and Workplaces is the first book of its kind to examine the issue of the interior environment and sick building syndrome in public buildings and workplaces worldwide. Through a comprehensive review of the personal experiences of people who have suffered the symptoms of sick building syndrome, the stories of professionals who have investigated reported occurrences of sick building syndrome, an extensive review of previously published literature on sick building syndrome and the opinions of international experts from a wide variety of fields the causes of sick building syndrome have been identified in this book. Information from this book can be used to provide a healthy safe indoor environment for employees and everyone who enters your building.  Advice is provided on how to identify the causes of sick building syndrome in public buildings, workplaces and other buildings. The health effects of sick building syndrome, the influence of these symptoms on people’s work performance, impact on their life and the economic costs of sick building syndrome are examined.  Assessment tools for identifying incidences of sick building syndrome are provided.  Risk control measures that can be implemented in the design and construction stage of buildings, for ventilation systems, biological causes, physical and chemical causes, ergonomic factors and factors that enhance the effects of sick building syndrome are documented.  This book can be used for teaching, research, professional reference and for personal use to maintain a healthy indoor environment. ER -