Environmental Protection Agency Indoor Air Quality and Work Environment Study: Health Symptoms and Comfort Concerns

摘要

In recent years, employees at the three headquarters buildings of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Washington, DC, area have expressed concerns about air quality and work environment discomforts. In February 1989, a two-stage study of health and comfort concerns and physical characteristics of the environment was undertaken to assess the nature and spatial distribution of employee health symptoms and comfort concerns in an attempt to determine if associations exist between employee responses and specific workplace conditions. The report presents a descriptive summary of the results of a questionnaire survey of all EPA Headquarters employees.