Interactional behaviour as a marker for screening patients with environment-related complaints

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-89

  Brand, Serge ^a   Heller, Pia ^a   Bircher, Andreas ^b   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^c   Huss, Anke ^c   Niederer, Markus ^d   Schwarzenbach, Simone ^b   Waeber, Roger ^e   Wegmann, Lukas ^f   Küchenhoff, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d State Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^e FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^f Off for Environ Protect and Ener   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Countertransference; Environmental illness; Interactional behaviour; Psychosocial stress; Psychosomatics; Three fold assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMICS; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BEHAVIOR; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846296599     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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