Impact of trait anxiety and social conformity on responses to experimental chemical challenge

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 659-664

  Ørbæk, Palle ^a,b   Persson, Roger ^a   Österberg, Kai ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Chemical challenge; Personality; Solvents; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

HEXANOIC ACID; SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGICAL AND SENSORIAL PROCEDURES; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHASTHENIA; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 17044420502     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2004.12.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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