Research in policy and practice · Story 154 · 2026
Professor Amir’s sick-building research reaching occupational-health investigators
Occupational Health Southern Africa · Professional occupational-health journal
- Role
- Workplace-investigation background evidence
- Host
- Occupational Health Southern Africa · Professional occupational-health journal
- Publication
- Investigating sick building syndrome: a study of indoor air quality in an office space · Volume 32, Issue 2
- Contribution
- Workplace-investigation background evidence
- Evidence
- 2026 · Pages 76–84 · Research discussion page 76; reference 2, page 82
Research reaching practice
A workplace indoor-air investigation published for Southern African occupational-health professionals refers to Professor Amir’s sick-building review.
How the research was used
The introduction uses Professor Amir’s paper to frame the implications of building management for workers’ health and comfort. The article reports a complaint-driven investigation in a Durban office, connecting the research with a specialist audience evaluating real workplace conditions.
The documented contribution
2026 · Pages 76–84 · Research discussion page 76; reference 2, page 82. Professor Amir’s paper supplies contextual evidence, rather than the audit questionnaire, measurement procedure or evidence of implemented improvements.
Research and coauthor credit
Sick building syndrome: are we doing enough? — Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini; Husam AlWaer; Hossein Omrany; Ali Ghaffarianhoseini; Chaham Alalouch; Derek Clements-Croome; John Tookey. DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2018.1461060
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