We are the canaries: Self-care in multiple chemical sensitivity sufferers

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 103-116

  Lipson, Juliene G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035219287     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973201129118966     Document Type: Article

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