Psychological predictors of short- and medium term outcome in individuals with idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) and individuals with somatoform disorders

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 766-775

  Bailer, Josef ^a   Witthöft, Michael ^a   Rist, Fred ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS;

ANXIETY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 46749149717     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390801985562     Document Type: Conference Paper

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