Sick Building Syndrome in Indonesia and Singapore: A Comparative Study

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10.2991/assehr.k.200331.153How to use a DOI?

Keywords

comparative study, sick building syndrome, non-communicable diseases, auto immune diseases, workers, building

Abstract

Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) occurs due to poor design of buildings. The environment of the building, which is in operation, and the sustenance of the human body are closely related to one another. A building that is designed without focusing on temperature, humidity, airflow, and lighting can lead to sick building syndrome in employees who work in the building (Sick building syndrome, 2011; Anderson, 1990). Convenient use of air conditioning often makes the building manager forget about proper maintenance of air conditioners (AC) and assumes that indoor air from air conditioners is always clean and healthy (Anderson, 1990). Improper AC treatment is likely to spread viruses and bacteria.3 This study compares the epidemiology of SBS in Indonesia and Singapore as a developing country and developed country, respectively, in the ASEAN region. The results recorded indicated that the law is not sufficient to suppress the incidence rate of SBS in both countries.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nia Murniati
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/04/03
TI  - Sick Building Syndrome in Indonesia and Singapore: A Comparative Study
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Vocational Higher Education (ICVHE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 278
EP  - 283
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200331.153
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200331.153
ID  - Murniati2020
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