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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2020.05.005

Letter to the Study by Hyvönen et al. on Moisture Damage and MCS  

Pekkanen, Juha (University of Helsinki, Department of Public Health and Environmental Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)
Karjalainen, Jussi (Pulmonary Diseases and Allergology, Allergy Centre, Tampere University Hospital)
Lampi, Jussi (Environmental Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)
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Safety and Health at Work / v.11, no.3, 2020 , pp. 378-379 More about this Journal
Abstract
Due to the significant methodological problems in the empirical part of the paper and the very selective literature review, the conclusions of the paper are mostly unsupported.
Keywords
Epidemiology; Indoor air; MCS; Moisture damage; Symptoms;
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