Symptoms attributed to the environment - A systematic, interdisciplinary assessment

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-254

  Huss, Anke ^a   Küchenhoff, Joachim ^b   Bircher, Andreas ^c   Heller, Pia ^b   Kuster, Heinz ^d   Niederer, Markus ^e   Scartazzini, Gustavo ^f   Schwarzenbach, Simone ^c   Waeber, Roger ^g   Wegmann, Lukas ^e   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Off for Environ Protect and Ener   (Switzerland)

^e State Laboratory Basel City   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental medicine counselling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COUNSELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 3442895326     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4639-00286     Document Type: Article

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