Risk factors in heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems for occupant symptoms in US office buildings: the US EPA BASE study.
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Summary
Findings support current beliefs that moisture-related HVAC components such as cooling coils and humidification systems, when poorly maintained, may be sources of contaminants that cause adverse health effects in occupants, even if they cannot yet identify or measure the causal exposures.
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- article
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- 2008-08-01
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- 131
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Keywords
Computer science
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