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This chapter examines common definitions of sick building syndrome. It traces the history of sick building syndrome from the Book of Leviticus in the Bible until 2010.

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Acknowledgement

One of the people who responded to the Flyer asking for Sick Building Syndrome stories was Rob Winchester. Rob kindly offered to help the author with obtaining published literature for the 1st, 2nd and last chapters of this book. Rob accessed, placed these publications on sick building syndrome in Endnote and then printed these publications from OSH UPDATE as they were required for reviewed to write these 3 book chapters.

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  1. Department of Health & Safety Environmental Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia

    Janis Jansz

  2. School of Management, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia

    Janis Jansz

  3. Curtin Health Innovation Research Centre, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia

    Janis Jansz

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    Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab

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Jansz, J. (2011). Introduction to Sick Building Syndrome. In: Abdul-Wahab, S. (eds) Sick Building Syndrome. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17919-8_1

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