Worries about adverse health effects of modern developments in the general population measured by the "Modern health worries (MHW)"-Scale;Sorge über Ggesundheitschädigende Einflüsse Durch Moderne Entwicklungen in der Normalbevölkerung am Beispiel der "Modern Health Worries (MHW)"-Skalen

Umweltmedizin in Forschung und Praxis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Willbrenning, Birgit Schulze ^a   Muthny, Fritz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic pollution; Environmental medicine; Health psychology; Modern health worries; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 64749105611     PISSN: 14308681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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