Síndrome dos edifícios doentes em bancários

Santos, Ubiratan de Paula; Rumel, Davi; Martarello, Norton A.; Ferreira, Clara S. W.; Matos, Marcos Paiva

doi:10.1590/s0034-89101992000600005

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“…Some exceptions could be mentioned, such as Safdie and Kohn's (1997) overview of the future of the city and its workplaces, as well as the ecological approach to urban work environments of Hartkopf, Loftness, Mahdavi, and Shankavaram (1995). In Brazil, research has been carried out in the fields of architecture, civil engineering/maintenance, and public health/ sick buildings (Lopes, 1993;Ornstein, 1997;Ornstein, Bruna, & Cruz, 1995;Santos, Rumel, Martarello, Ferreira, & Matos, 1992), as well as in the field of environmental psychology (Palácios, 1995). The limited number of POEs (or similar analyses), which have been carried out for office buildings, also addresses, predominately, the performance of the interior of these environments (Ornstein, Bruna, & Roméro, 1995), with a focus on the analysis of floor plans.…”

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A Postoccupancy Evaluation of Workplaces in São Paulo, Brazil

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1999

Environment and Behavior

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This article is based on a comparative postoccupancy evaluation (POE) carried out during the years of 1995 and 1996 in four office buildings located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and discusses the methodological issues, analyses, and recommendations of the study. In this study, emphasis was placed on (a) the relation between the socioeconomic profile and the behavior of users of the buildings, and (b) the level of satisfaction with the quality of urban life and with the work environment. The case studies were carried out on two buildings with centralized environmental controls with some information technologies and two conventional buildings. This study concludes that during the planning and the design phases, performance criteria should be developed involving not only the desired satisfaction and productivity of workers but also the quality of business, services, leisure, and other benefits related to the urban environment of the neighborhood in which these buildings are located.

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A Postoccupancy Evaluation of Workplaces in São Paulo, Brazil

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1999

Environment and Behavior

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“…Um dos primeiros trabalhos brasileiros relatados sobre SED foi estudado por Santos et al (1992). Nesse trabalho, foram identificadas associações entre conforto ambiental e sinais e sintomas entre trabalhadores expostos a ambientes fechados, ou seja, ambientes com ventilação e climatização artificiais.…”

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Considerações sobre estudos de ambientes industriais e não industriais no Brasil: uma abordagem comparativa

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2003

Cad. Saúde Pública

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Air quality in industrial environments has been studied since the second half of the 20th century. Well-documented results show that exposure to chemical pollutants through their consumption, production, and storage can damage workers' health. New research focusing on non-industrial environments has shown unexpected correlations between air quality and health effects. Artificial ventilation systems have been related to health-related complaints and a high rate of absenteeism. Symptoms related to air quality in non-industrial environments are recognized by the World Health Organization and encompassed under the so-called sick building syndrome (SBS). In Brazil there are few studies comparing indoor air quality and health. The present study is intended to map the studies already conducted in Brazil in order to encourage further research in this area, due to its importance for public health.

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“…9 For this reason, most of the clinical trials for evaluating topical drugs chooses adult males as their study populations, except when the study drug is specifically indicated for the female, pediatric or elderly populations. Environmental conditions may also affect such choices; 1 , 9 , 12 geographically distant populations may be exposed to very different conditions of air humidity, temperature, presence of pollutants, and irritative or allergenic agents, which compounds the difficulties of standardizing control groups and characterizing a healthy nasal mucosa. 1 , 9 , 8 …”

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