Mary is a person who suffered terrible health problems, most likely stemming from the design conditions in a lab in which she worked. Designers everywhere can learn from her experience.
Quantitative and qualitative gas analysis is widely needed in present modern industrialized societies. The reasons for this need range from purely economical interests, to meeting the requirements of environmental and occupational health legislation. Examples of these applications include process effluent monitoring, emission monitoring, workplace safety monitoring, clinical blood gas monitoring, toxic gas monitoring in fires, chemical warfare agent detection and ambient air monitoring.
The cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted in spring 1998 among indoor workers of 6 buildings in town Tartu, Estonia. The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate magnitude of possible problems related to indoor air quality in Estonian nonindustrial workrooms as well as in those workers' dwellings. Therefore, the questionnaire included questions about perceived indoor environment for both workplaces and homes.
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