Assessment of somatic complaints in environmental health

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-36

  Herr, Caroline E W ^a,b   Zur Nieden, Anja ^a   Kopka, Ines ^a   Rethage, Tobias ^a   Gieler, Uwe ^c   Eikmann, Thomas F ^a   Stilianakis, Nikolaos I ^d,e  

^a Medical Centre   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority Oberschleißheim   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Environmental complaint attribution; Environmental odors; Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS); Somatization; SOMS

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ODOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMELL; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

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EID: 57449083519     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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