Environmental issues and work: Women with multiple chemical sensitivities

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 571-584

  Lipson, Juliene ^a,c   Doiron, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CANADA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NARRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33746268972     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330600803709     Document Type: Article

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