• Study Overview
• Environmental Measures
• Building Characteristics
• Questionnaire
• Associations

Study Overview

• SE Womble, JR Girman, et. al., “Developing Baseline Information on Buildings and Indoor Air Quality (BASE ’94): Part 1 – Study Design, Building Selection and Building Descriptions," Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 1995, Vol. III, pp. 1305-1310, (1995).
• U.S. EPA, "A Standardized EPA Protocol for Characterizing indoor Air Quality in Large Office Buildings," Office of Research and Development and Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC, (2003).

Environmental Measures

• JR Girman, GE Hadwen, LE Burton, et. al., “Individual Volatile Organic Compound Prevalence and Concentrations in 56 Buildings of the Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study,” Proceedings of Indoor Air 1999, Vol. II, pp. 460-465, (1999).
• JM Macher, FC Tsai, LE Burton, et.al., “Concentrations of Cat and Dust Mite Allergens in 93 U.S. Office Buildings,” Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, Vol. IV, pp. 359-364, (2002).
• SE Womble, LE Burton, L Kolb, et. al., “Prevalence and Concentrations of Culturable Airborne Fungal Spores in 86 Office Buildings from the Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study,” Proceedings of Indoor Air 1999, Vol. I, pp. 261-266, (1999).
• Ligman, “Airborne Particulate Matter Within School Environments in the United States,” Proceedings of Indoor Air 1999, Vol. IV, pp. 255-261, (1999).
• FC Tsai, JM Macher, YY Hung, "Concentrations of Airborne Bacteria in 100 U.S. Office Buildings," Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, Vol. IV, pp. 353-358, (2002).
• LE Burton, JR Girman, SE Womble, “Airborne Particulate Matter Within 100 Randomly Selected Office Buildings in the United States (BASE),” Proceedings of Healthy Building 2000, Vol. I, pp. 157-162, (2000).
• PK Johnston, G Hadwen, et. al., “A Screening-Level Ranking of Toxic Chemicals at Levels Typically Found in Indoor Air,” Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, Vol. IV, pp. 930-935, (2002).

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Building Characteristics

• JR Girman, BJ Baker, LE Burton, “Prevalence of Potential Sources of Indoor Air Pollution in U.S. Office Buildings,” Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, Vol. IV, pp. 438-443, (2002).
• LE Burton, B Baker, D Hanson, et.al., “Baseline Information on 100 Randomly Selected Office Buildings in the United States (BASE):Gross Building Characteristics,” Proceedings of Healthy Building 2000, Vol. I, pp. 151-155, (2000).

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Questionnaire

• HS Brightman, SE Womble, JR Girman, et.al., “Preliminary Comparison of Questionnaire Data from two IAQ Studies: Occupant and Workspace Characteristics of Randomly Selected Buildings and “Complaint” Buildings,” Proceedings of Healthy Buildings/IAQ 1997, Vol. II, pp. 453-458, (1997).

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Associations

• CA Erdmann, KC Steiner, MG Apte, “Indoor Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms in the BASE Study Revisited: Analyses of the 100 Building Dataset,” Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, Vol. III pp. 443-448, (2002).
• MG Apte , WJ, Fisk, JM Daisey, “Associations between Indoor CO2 concentrations and Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms in U.S. Office Buildings: An Analysis of the 1994-1996 BASE Study Data,” Indoor Air 2000, 10, pp. 246-257, (2000).
• DJ Moschandreas, SC Sofuoglu, “The Indoor Environmental Index and its Relationship with Occupant Symptoms,” Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, pp. 90-95, (2002).
• SC Sofuoglu, DJ Moschandreas, “The Link Between Symptoms of Office Building Occupants and In-office Air Pollution: the Indoor Air Pollution Index,” Indoor Air 2003, 13, pp. 332-343, (2003).

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• MG Apte, JM Daisey, “VOCs and Sick Building Syndrome: Application of a New Statistical Approach for SBS Research to US EPA BASE Study Data,” Proceedings of Indoor Air 1999, I, pp. 1-6, (1999).
• Apte, M.G.; Buchanan, I.S.; Mendell, M. J. “Outdoor Ozone and Building Related Symptoms in the BASE Study.” Submitted to Indoor Air. 2007. LBNL-62419.
• Buchanan, I.S.; Mendell, M. J.; Mirer, A.; Apte, M.G. “Air Filter Materials, Outdoor Ozone and Building - Related Symptoms in the BASE Study.” Submitted to Indoor Air. 2007. LBNL-62508.
• Mendell, M.J.; Lei-Gomez, Q.; Mirrer, A.; Seppanen, O. “Risk Factors for Occupant Symptoms in Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning Systems in U.S. Office Buildings: the U.S. EPA BASE Study.” 2007. LBNL-61870.
• Mendell, M. J.; Mirer, A.; Lei-Gomez, Q. “Contaminants in Buildings and Occupied Spaces as Risk Factors for Occupant Symptoms in U.S. Office Buildings: Findings from the U.S. EPA BASE Study.” 2007. LBNL-63370.