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Kokuritsu Iyakuhin Shokuhin Eisei Kenkyusho Hokoku

Title:		[Indoor air and human health--sick house syndrome and multiple chemical sensitivity]
Author(s):		Ando M;
Address:		ando@nihs.go.jp
Journal Title:		Kokuritsu Iyakuhin Shokuhin Eisei Kenkyusho Hokoku
Year:		2002
Volume:
Issue:		120
Page Number:		6 - 38
DOI:
ISSN/ISBN:		1343-4292 (Print) 1343-4292 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The number of complaints about the quality of indoor air has increased during the past two decades. These complaints have been frequent enough that the term 'Sick House Syndrome or Sick Building Syndrome' and 'Multiple Chemical Sensitivity' has been coined. Complaints are likely related to the increased use of synthetic organic materials in house, furnishing, and consumer products; and the buildings, furnishings, and consumer products; and the decreased ventilation for energy conservation in homes. Approximately thousand volatile chemicals have been identified in indoor air. The main sources of these chemicals are house materials, combustion fumes, cleaning compounds, and paints or stains. Exposure to high levels of these emissions and to others, coupled with the fact that most people spend more time indoors than outdoors, raises the possibility that the risk to human health from indoor air pollution may be potentially greater than the risk posed from outdoor pollutants. The complaints most frequently voiced with respect to Sick House Syndrome are irritations of the eye, nose, and throat; cough and hoarseness of voice; headache and mental fatigue. The syndrome of multiple chemical sensitivities is controversial subject with increasing impact on the field of indoor air quality. The controversy surrounding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity includes its definition, theories of etiology and pathogenesis, diagnostic, and life style. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity is considered the hypothesis that is a disease caused by exposure to many chemically distinct environmental substances at very low"
Keywords:		"Air Pollution, Indoor/*adverse effects Bacteria Construction Materials/adverse effects Environmental Exposure/adverse effects Formaldehyde/adverse effects Fungi Humans Life Style Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/*etiology Paint/adverse effects Sick Building;"
Notes:		"MedlineAndo, Masanori jpn English Abstract Review Japan 2003/03/18 Kokuritsu Iyakuhin Shokuhin Eisei Kenkyusho Hokoku. 2002; (120):6-38"