Chronic insomnia in workers poisoned by inorganic mercury: Psychological and adaptive aspects

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-38

  Rossini, Sueli Regina G ^a   Reimão, Rubens ^a,b   Lefèvre, Beatriz H ^a   Medrado Faria, Marcília A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b USP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Industrial poisoning; Mercury exposure; Mercury intoxication; Operational adaptive diagnostic scale; Sleep; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; WORKER;

EID: 0034026636     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2000000100005     Document Type: Article

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