Trait anxiety and modeled exposure as determinants of self-reported annoyance to sound, air pollution and other environmental factors in the home

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-191

  Persson, Roger ^a   Björk, Jonas ^b   Ardö, Jonas ^c   Albin, Maria ^b   Jakobsson, Kristina ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airpollution; Asthma; Noise; Noise sensitivity; Swedish universities Scales of Personality

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ANNOYANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF REPORT; SOUND PRESSURE; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERSONALITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWEDEN;

EID: 35448998765     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0204-1     Document Type: Article

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