Southern medical journal
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Southern medical journal · Jan 1991
Biography Historical ArticleErnest Caulfield, MD, FAAP: the philosophic outlook and method of a pediatric historian.
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"Sick building syndrome" (SBS) is one of the more colorful terms describing an increasingly common pattern of symptoms found among workers in modern office buildings. Core symptoms include lethargy, mucous membrane irritation, headache, eye irritation, and dry skin. ⋯ Despite such figures, SBS remains poorly researched and even more poorly understood. The following review provides the clinician an overview of SBS that will allow a more accurate differential diagnosis and will help to prevent the widespread suffering that can accrue when SBS is not quickly recognized.