Early life stress, negative paternal relationships, and chemical intolerance in middle-aged women: Support for a neural sensitization model

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1135-1147

  Bell, Iris R ^a,b,d   Baldwin, Carol M ^a,b,c   Russek, Linda G S ^a,b   Schwartz, Gary E R ^a,b   Hardin, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0032406532     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1998.7.1135     Document Type: Article

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