Treatment of acute mania with ambient air anionization: Variants of climactic heat stress and serotonin syndrome

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-163

  Giannini, A James ^a,f   Melemis, Steven ^b   Giannini, Jocelyn D ^c,d   Giannini, Juliette N ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Doctor's Hospital   (Canada)

^c WELLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Substance Abuse Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR IONIZATION; ANIONS; ATMOSPHERE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROTONIN SYNDROME;

EID: 34248598330     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.1.157-163     Document Type: Article

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