Thoroughly modern worries: The relationship of worries about modernity to reported symptoms, health and medical care utilization

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 395-401

  Petrie, Keith J ^a,b   Sivertsen, Borge ^a,b   Hysing, Mari ^a,b   Broadbent, Elizabeth ^a,b   Moss Morris, Rona ^a,b   Eriksen, Hege R ^a,b   Ursin, Holger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Attitude toward health; Health care utilization; Modernity; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DATA BASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; POLLUTION; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION; SYMPTOM; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034924713     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(01)00219-7     Document Type: Article

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