Psychosocial factors that aggravate the symptoms of sick house syndrome in Japan

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-109

  Imai, Nami ^a   Imai, Yoshiharu ^a   Kido, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Japan; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Qualitative research; Sick house syndrome

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BUILDING MATERIAL; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SICK HOUSE SYNDROME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

EID: 43249110118     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2008.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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