Psychological features of subjects with idiopathic environmental intolerance

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 537-541

  Poonai, Naveen P ^a   Antony, Martin M ^b,c   Binkley, Karen E ^a   Stenn, Peter ^d   Swinson, Richard P ^b,c   Corey, Paul ^a   Silverman, Frances S ^a   Tarlo, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Anxiety; Depression; Idiopathic environmental intolerance; Multiple chemical sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INHALATION TEST; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PANIC; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034799715     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(01)00250-1     Document Type: Article

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