Psychiatric Inferences from Data on Psychologic/Psychiatric Symptoms in Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Syndrome

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-175

  Davidoff, Ann L ^a,d   Fogarty, Linda ^b   Keyl, Penelope M ^c  

^a SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0033922119     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890009603402     Document Type: Article

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