Area of a room in which occupants breathe as they stand, sit, or lie down.

See Building-Related illness

Region of the frontal lobe on left, that makes spoken language possible.

The two respiratory tubes branching into the two lungs at the lower end of the trachea. They branch into progressively smaller passageways, the bronchioles, and finally reach the alveoli, the location where gas exchange occurs.

Elements of the building, including all external building materials, windows, and walls, that enclose the internal space.

A discrete, identifiable disease or illness that can be traced to a specific pollutant or source within a building. (e.g., Legionnaires' disease, hypersensitivity pneumonitis). Contrast with sick building.

The comparison of an instrument response to known values of a parameter being measured.

A disease characterized by malignant, uncontrolled cell growth in body tissue.

A substance capable of producing cancer in a living organism.

Part of basal ganglia; damage causes forms of aphasia.