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building-related illness — /ˌbɪldɪŋ rəleɪtəd ˈɪlnəs/ (say .bildeeng ruhlaytuhd ilnuhs) noun a diagnosable illness such as asthma, the cause of which can be attributed to the building in which the sufferer works. Compare sick building syndrome …
illness — SYN: disease (1). environmental i. SYN: multiple chemical sensitivity. factitious i. by proxy SYN: Munchausen syndrome by proxy. functional i. SYN: functional disorder. manic depressive i. an older term for manic depressive disorder, which is now … Medical dictionary
Sick building syndrome — A condition caused by exposure to various noxious agents that affect persons employed in a sick building, usually an office or other building that houses many people working in close proximity to one another. Sick building syndrome… … Medical dictionary
Sick Building Syndrome — gebäudebezogene Krankheit (f) eng Sick Building Syndrome, building related illness, tight building syndrome … Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz Glossar
sick-building syndrome — /sɪk ˈbɪldɪŋ sɪndroʊm/ (say sik bilding sindrohm) noun a condition or malaise affecting workers in a particular building which defies medical diagnosis and which typically eases or disappears within hours of the sufferer leaving the building.… …
List of historical sites related to the Illinois labor movement — The following are historic points of labor history in the state of Illinois: Downstate Labor History Sites Beckemeyer Coal Miners MonumentMonument dedicated to Joseph Koch, who along with eight other local miners died in the 1947 Centralia mine… … Wikipedia
Controversies related to chronic fatigue syndrome — Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is an illness with a long history of controversies. For years, many professionals within the medical community did not recognize CFS as a real condition, nor was there agreement on its prevalence.[1][2][3] There has … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Mycotoxin — A mycotoxin (from Greek μύκης (mykes, mukos) “fungus” and Latin (toxicum) “poison”)[1][2] is a toxic secondary metabolite produced by organisms of the fungus kingdom, commonly known as molds.[3][4] The term ‘mycotoxin’ is usually reserved for the … Wikipedia
gebäudebezogene Krankheit — Sick Building Syndrome , gebäudebezogene Krankheit (f) eng Sick Building Syndrome, building related illness, tight building syndrome … Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz Glossar
