Worries about modernity predict symptom complaints after environmental pesticide spraying

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 778-782

  Petrie, Keith J ^a   Broadbent, Elizabeth A ^a   Kley, Nadine ^b   Moss Morris, Rona ^a   Horne, Rob ^c   Rief, Winfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Environmental concerns; Environmental incidents; Modern health worries; Symptom reports

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 25844491607     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000181277.48575.a4     Document Type: Article

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