Modern health worries and idiopathic environmental intolerance

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 425-433

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

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Idiopathic environmental intolerance; Modern health worries; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC ENVIRONMENTAL INTOLERANCE; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MODERN HEALTH WORRY; MODERN TIMES; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CULTURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53849147514     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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