American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 150, No. 11: 1223-1228
Copyright © 1999 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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Office Equipment and Supplies: A Modern Occupational Health Concern?
1Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygience and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Baltlmore, MD
2Department of Occupational Medicine, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Helsinki, Finland
3Environmental Epidemlology Unit, Department of Public Health, University of Helslnkl Heldinkl, Flnlan
Reprint requests to Dr. Maritta S. Jaakkola, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Rm. E6006, Baltimore, MD 21205.
The Helsinki Office Enviornment Study, a population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in Finlancd in 1991 among 2, 678 workers in 41 radomly selected office buildings. The aim was to evaluate the relations between work with office equikpment 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, headaches 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 disply terminal work to eye symptoms, headache, and lethargy. Am J Epidemiol 1999; 150: 1223–8.
copying processes; occupational health; respiratory disorders; sick building syndrome; video display terminals
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