Effects of gender and dormitory environment on SBS symptoms amongcollege students in Tianjin, China
A study on “dorm environment and college students’health”was carried out in Tianjin, China, 2006-2007. It consistedof two phases. In Phase I, 3712 students living in 1569 dorm rooms reported their sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms. In PhaseII, 238 dorm rooms were inspected and measured. One out of third (1/3) students reported general SBS symptoms, and one out offorth (1/4) reported mucosal or skin problems. Female students reported more SBS symptoms than males, independent of personal,psychosocial and environmental factors. Moisture-related problem were significant risk factors for SBS symptoms. The adjustedodds ratio of a perception of a moldy odor for general SBS symptoms was 2.4 (1.6-3.8), mucosal symptoms 2.3 (1.6-3.2), and skinsymptoms 2.0 (1.5-2.6). Indoor air temperature and relative humidity did not have clear associations with SBS symptoms. But asensation of “dry air”, which does not indicate air physically dry but presence of pollutants, was a significant risk factor for generaland skin symptoms. Lower air change rate caused a slightly increment of reporting of symptoms.
SBS Dorm environment Gender College students
SUN Yue-Xia WANG Zhi-Gang ZHANG Yu-Feng BAO Li-Jin FAN Zhen-Guo WANG De-Sheng SUNDELL Jan
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University School of Electrical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
国内会议
长沙
英文
299-305
2012-11-16（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）