Human exposure assessment and relief from neuropsychiatric symptoms: Case study of a hairdresser

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-141

  Genuis, Stephen J ^a   Genuis, Shelagh K ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE; COSMETIC;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONICITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HAIRDRESSER; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REST; SAFETY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; BARBERING; BEAUTY CULTURE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 3242885817     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.2.136     Document Type: Article

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