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LBNL-61870 Risk Factors in Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Systems for Occupant Symptoms in U.S. Office Buildings: the U.S. EPA BASE Study M.J. Mendell 1 , Q. Lei-Gomez 1, 2 , A. Mirer 1 , O. Seppanen 3 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Indoor Environment Dept., Berkeley; 2 Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston; 3 Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Corresponding author: Mark J. Mendell Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Indoor Environment Department 1 Cyclotron Rd., MS 90-3058 Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Phone: 1-510-486-5762 email: mjmendell@lbl.gov Keywords: indoor air quality; HVAC system; building-related symptoms; sick building syndrome Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Indoor Environments Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Office of Air and Radiation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through interagency agreement DW8992169501-1 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The work was also supported by the Finnish Academy. Conclusions in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. We thank Rick Diamond and Michael Bates for their review of the draft manuscript.