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Titre :	Office equipment and supplies : A modern occupational health concern ? (1999)
Auteurs :	M.S. JAAKKOLA ; J.J.K. JAAKKOLA ; Department of Epidemiology. School of Hygiene and Public Health. Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore MD. FIN
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of epidemiology (vol. 150, n° 11, 1999)
Pagination :	1223-1228
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Activité professionnelle ; Appareil respiratoire [pathologie] ; Infection ; Exposition professionnelle ; Epidémiologie ; Facteur risque ; Homme ; Médecine travail
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST wlZRR0xw. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The Helsinki Office Environment Study, a population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in Finland in 1991 among 2,678 workers in 41 randomly selected office buildings. The aim was to evaluate the relations between work with office equipment and supplies and the occurrence of eye, nasopharyngeal, skin, and general symptoms (often denoted as sick building syndrome (SBS)), chronic respiratory symptoms, and respiratory infections. Work with self-copying paper was significantly related to weekly work-related eye, nasopharyngeal, and skin symptoms, headache and lethargy, as well as to the occurrence of wheezing, cough, mucus production, sinusitis, and acute bronchitis. Photocopying was related to nasal irritation, and video display terminal work to eye symptoms, headache, and lethargy.

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