A systematic review of treatments for electromagnetic hypersensitivity

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-18

  Rubin, G James ^a,b   Das Munshi, Jayati ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b New Medical School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Environmental illness; Hypersensitivity, electromagnetic; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANTIOXIDANTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 29144497251     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089222     Document Type: Article

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