SPES: A psychological test system to diagnose environmental hazards

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 485-491

  Iregren, Anders ^a   Gamberale, Francesco ^a   Kjellberg, Anders ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computerized test battery; Environmental exposures; Psychological performance; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MOOD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030197534     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-0362(96)00033-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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