McDonald J C, Armstrong B, Bénard J, Cherry N M, Farant J P
School of Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Arch Environ Health. 1993 Sep-Oct;48(5):298-304. doi: 10.1080/00039896.1993.9936717.
A comprehensive questionnaire survey with limited environmental measurements was undertaken in a large sealed office complex where health complaints had been made by employees since the complex was first occupied. Most respondents suffered from upper respiratory tract irritation, eye and skin irritation, and many less specific complaints. Symptoms started shortly after first employment, were troublesome only at work, and persisted at other work locations within the complex. Employees who worked in cubicles tended to complain more than those who worked in open areas or closed offices; however, evidence of less than optimal ventilation, temperature, and humidity correlated poorly with symptom prevalence. The building was designed and ventilated for open-plan use; later partition into offices and cubicles appeared to aggravate the situation. Although concern about pregnancy outcome was expressed by women who conceived while employed at the complex, rates of spontaneous abortion and fetal defect were close to expectation.
在一座大型密封办公综合大楼里，开展了一项综合问卷调查，并进行了有限的环境测量。自该综合大楼首次投入使用以来，员工们就提出了健康方面的投诉。大多数受访者患有上呼吸道刺激、眼睛和皮肤刺激等症状，还有许多不太具体的不适。症状在首次入职后不久就开始出现，仅在工作时造成困扰，并且在综合大楼内的其他工作地点也持续存在。在隔间工作的员工往往比在开放区域或封闭办公室工作的员工抱怨更多；然而，通风、温度和湿度不理想的证据与症状发生率的相关性较差。该建筑的设计和通风是为开放式办公使用的；后来分隔成办公室和隔间似乎加剧了这种情况。尽管在该综合大楼工作期间怀孕的女性表达了对妊娠结局的担忧，但自然流产率和胎儿缺陷率接近预期。
