Is Your School Suffering from Sick Building Syndrome?.

Wulf, Margaret

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ERIC Number: EJ475147

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Is Your School Suffering from Sick Building Syndrome?

Wulf, Margaret

PTA Today, v19 n2 p12-13 Nov-Dec 1993

Three-fourths of American schools are in substandard condition. Health effects associated with indoor air/environmental quality are a major concern. Sick building syndrome, which causes illness in occupants, generally results from particulates, volatile organic compounds, biologicals, or radio-nucleotides. The article recommends how to deal with sick school buildings. (SM)

Descriptors: Air Pollution, Child Health, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Promotion, Parent Responsibility, School Buildings, School Role, School Safety

Publication Type: Reports - General; Journal Articles

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Audience: Parents

Language: English

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