Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Multifaceted Approach to Assess Indoor Environmental Quality

Multifaceted Approach to Assess Indoor Environmental Quality
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/blog/nsb040909_indoorenv.html?s_cid=3ni7d2TW1004091341

"Of new-onset asthma cases in adults, 15–23% are work-related asthma
[American Thoracic Society 2004]
The highest percentage of work-related asthma occurred among operators, fabricators, and laborers (32.9%)
[Worker Health Chartbook 2004]
Between 35 and 60 million of the 89 million indoor environment workers have building-related symptoms of eye, nose, and throat irritations or headache and fatigue
[Mendell 2002]"

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