A two-week monitoring of self-reported arousal, worry and attribution among persons with annoyance attributed to electrical equipment and smells

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-356

  Persson, Roger ^a,b   Eek, Frida Carlsson ^b   Österberg, Kai ^b   Ørbæk, Palle ^a   Karlson, Björn ^b  

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

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI); Karolinska Sleep Diary (KSD); Logbook; Stress Energy Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ODOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47249165514     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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