The relationship of mental disorders and idiopathic environmental intolerance

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 557-570

  Black, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; VETERAN;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; VETERANS;

EID: 4644305914     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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