Secondary |
Iossifova YY |
2011 |
USA |
N/A |
Various |
Dampness in an office building, Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) |
Office Workers |
Occupational respiratory health |
Remediation of a water-damaged office building. Relocation to other buildings or within the building. |
97 office workers participated in both surveys in 2002 and 2005. |
For Remediation intervention without relocation:
<ul><li>
There was no overall improvement in respiratory health and pulmonary function from 2002 to 2005 among office workers in a building with ongoing incomplete remediation</li></ul>
For Relocation intervention:
<ul><li>
Relocated respiratory cases had a significant decrease in their medication use scal</li><li>
Relocated respiratory cases also showed significantly decreased lung function from 2002 to 200</li></ul> |