title: Building-related illness and sick building syndrome: from the specific to the vague.
abstract: When a primary-care physician encounters a patient with a possible building-related illness, common sense applies. Does the patient have a potentially serious condition? Does he or she need a referral to a specialist? This paper explores the topics of building-related illness and sick building syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundaton, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Horvath
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012307:Risk Factors; D018877:Sick Building Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*