Assessing beliefs about 'environmental illness/multiple chemical sensitivity'

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-123

  Gomez, Rebecca L ^a,b   Schvaneveldt, Roger W ^a,b   Staudenmayer, Herman ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Respiratory Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessing beliefs; Chemical sensitivity; Patient beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000669402     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135910539600100109     Document Type: Article

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