Review of 'Sick House Syndrome'
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- SEKI Akihiko
- Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science
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- TAKIGAWA Tomoko
- Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- KISHI Reiko
- Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
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- SAKABE Kou
- School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University
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- TORII Shinpei
- Department of Home Economics, Aichi Gakusen University
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- TANAKA Masatoshi
- Early Childhood Education, Fukushima College for Sincerity
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- YOSHIMURA Takesumi
- Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences
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- MORIMOTO Kanehisa
- Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
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- KATOH Takahiko
- Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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- KIRA Shohei
- Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- AIZAWA Yoshiharu
- Kitasato University School of Medicine
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- Other Title
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- シックハウス症候群に係わる医学的知見の整理
- シック ハウス ショウコウグン ニ カカワル イガクテキ チケン ノ セイリ
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Abstract
‘Sick house syndrome’ (SHS) is a health issue that closely resembles sick building syndrome (SBS) that had occurred in European countries. The aim of this review is to clarify the characteristics of SHS by reviewing previous reports rigorously. We propose the definition of SHS as “health impairments caused by indoor air pollution, regardless of the place, causative substance, or pathogenesis”. Cases of SBS are reported to occur predominantly in offices and sometimes schools, whereas those of SHS are usually found in general dwellings. In many cases, SHS is caused by biologically and/or chemically polluted indoor air. Physical factors might affect the impairments of SHS in some cases. It is considered that symptoms of SHS develop through toxic, allergic and/or some unknown mechanisms. Psychological mechanisms might also affect the development of SHS. It is still unclear whether SBS and SHS are very close or identical clinical entities, mostly because a general agreement on a diagnostic standard for SHS has not been established. Previous research gradually clarified the etiology of SHS. Further advances in research, diagnosis, and treatment of SHS are warranted with the following measures. Firstly, a clinical diagnostic standard including both subjective and objective findings must be established. Secondly, a standard procedure for assessing indoor air contamination should be established. Lastly, as previous research indicated multiple causative factors for SHS, an interdisciplinary approach is needed to obtain the grand picture of the syndrome.
Journal
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- Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi (Japanese Journal of Hygiene)
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Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi (Japanese Journal of Hygiene) 62 (4), 939-948, 2007
The Japanese Society for Hygiene
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001206363374464
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- NII Article ID
- 10019945798
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- NII Book ID
- AN00185923
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- COI
- 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2snksFCitA%3D%3D
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- ISSN
- 18826482
- 00215082
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- NDL BIB ID
- 8968002
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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