Indoor pollution and sick building syndrome symptoms among workers in day-care centers.

From: Archives of Environmental Health | Date: May 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

In this study, we investigated indoor air quality and symptoms of respiratory illness in 264 nursing workers at 28 day-care centers in Taipei. Geometric mean concentrations of indoor and outdoor bacteria were 735 colony-forming units in air (CFU/[m.sup.3]) and 384 CFU/[m.sup.3], respectively. In addition, geometric mean concentrations of indoor and outdoor fungi were 1 212 CFU/[m.sup.3] and 1 032 CFU/[m.sup.3], respectively. Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Penicillium--microfungi that occurred most commonly--were found indoors and outdoors. Geometric mean concentrations of house dust mite ...

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