Scoping the Sciences

Sick Building Syndrome

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  The term "sick building syndrome" (SBS) is used to describe situations in which building occupants experience acute health and comfort effects that appear to be linked to time spent in a building, but no specific illness or cause can be identified. The complaints may be localized in a particular room or zone, or may be widespread throughout the building. (EPA Fact Sheet - Sick Building Syndrome).

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected publications / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides
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Gammage, RB and Berven, BA (Eds). Indoor air and human health. 1996

WA 754 I525 1996

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries
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Encyclopedia of environmental issues.

GE 10 E629 2000

 

Environmental encyclopedia.

GE 10 E584 1994

Selected textbooks
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McCunnuy, RJ. Practical approach to occupational and environmental medicine. 1994

WA 39 H263 1994

 

Leslie, GB and Lunau, FW (Eds). Indoor air pollution : problems and priorities. 1992

WA 754 I526 1992

Kanuka-Fuchs, Reinhard.  Healthy Home and Healthy Office: Sick Building Syndrome, Indoor Pollution

WA 754 K268 2001

More books

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Suggested subject headings:	Air Pollution, Indoor
	Environmental Exposure
	Environmental Health

Selected journals
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Archives of environmental health. (e-journal_

Indoor & built environment : the journal of the International Society of the Built Environment. (e-journal)

JAAPA (e-journal)

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. (e-journal)

Occupational and environmental medicine. (e-journal)

Occupational medicine. (e-journal)

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Suggested subject headings:	Air Pollution, Indoor -- periodicals
	Environmental Exposure -- periodicals
	Environmental Health -- periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

For article-level searching, log into the RML web site and select "Electronic Databases" from the drop-down box near the top of the page.  For this topic, you might try the following databases:

• Academic Search Elite
• Academic Search Premier
• Basic BIOSIS
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
• Ebsco Health Source: Consumer Edition
• ERIC
• Index Medicus & MEDLINE Database
• Newspaper Source

Suggested search terms:	Sick Buidling Syndrome
	Indoor Air Pollution
	Indoor Air-Quality

Selected Publications
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Scientific

Reinikainen, LM and Jaakkola, JJ. "Effects of Temperature and Humidification in the Office Environment." Archives of Environmental Health. 2001 Jul-Aug;  56(4): 365-368.

Hodgson, M. "Sick building syndrome." Occupational Medicine. 2000 July-Sep; 15(3): 571-585.

 

Niven RM, et.al. "Building sickness syndrome in healthy and unhealthy buildings: an epidemiological and environmental assessment with cluster analysis." Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2000 Sep; 57(9): 627-634.

 

Jennings, PR; Fahringer, D; and Collins, T. "Sick building syndrome. Indoor air quality and your patient's health." JAAPA. 2000 Aug; 13(8): 34-36,39.

 

Redlich, CA; Sparer, J; and  Cullen, MR. "Sick-building syndrome." Lancet. 1997 Apr 5; 349(9057): 1013-1016.

Popular

Baril, GL. "Rx for SBS." Health Facilities Management. 2000, Apr; 13(4): 26-28,30.

 

Gutton, G and Phillips, WG. "Sick building cause cited." Popular Science. 1999 Feb; 2: 31

"Sick buidling syndrome linked to molds." Modern Medicine. 1998 Oct; 66(10): 9.

Mann, A. "This place makes me sick." Time. 1998, Dec; 152(25): 38-40.

Specialized sources

Specialized databases

Sick Building Syndrome - Office of Air and Radiation, US EPA.

Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse - US EPA.

NIOSH Databases - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Environmental Health Information - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Selected electronic sources

HealtheHouse (Virtual House) - Children's Health Environmental Coalition

http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/virtualhouse/index.asp

 

Office of Air and Radiation - US Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/oar/

 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

 

National Center for Environmental Health - CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/default.htm

 

Author:  Rama Vishwanatham
Copyright 2002 (Rev 2006 by LMYoung)
Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson