INDOOR HUMIDITY LEVELS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH REPORTED SYMPTOMS IN OFFICE BUILDINGS

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• Alternative Title:
  Indoor Air
• Personal Author:
  Jones, Emily R. ; Laurent, Jose Guillermo Cedeño ; Young, Anna S. ; Coull, Brent A. ; Spengler, John D. ; Allen, Joseph G.
• Description:
  Practical Implications
  
  We found that it was common for RH to be low in the buildings in this study and that low RH levels were associated with increased reports of symptoms among males and females. Our results suggest that correctly implemented interventions to increase humidity to the acceptable range of moderate RH in office buildings may be useful, particularly during winter, in less tropical climates, and late in the workday, to alleviate occupant symptoms.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Data Collection Female Humans Humidity Male Seasons Sick Building Syndrome Temperature United States
• Keywords:
  Dry Air Gender Indoor Environmental Quality Office Buildings Relative Humidity Symptoms
• Source:
  Indoor Air. 32(1):e12961
• Pubmed ID:
  34859930
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10924614
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30-ES000002/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T42 OH008416/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; P30 ES000002/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T42OH008416/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; T32 ES007069/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T42-OH008416/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; T32-ES007069/NH/NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4374ea12e92e717d7e0fa37fedf5802c178d9c3197dc250bbf1c5ae0691794a5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/151648/cdc_151648_DS1.pdf
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