The idiopathic environmental intolerance symptom inventory: Development, evaluation, and application

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 838-847

  Andersson, Maria J E ^a   Andersson, Linus ^a   Bende, Mats ^b   Millqvist, Eva ^c   Nordin, Steven ^a,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IDIOPATHIC ENVIRONMENTAL INTOLERANCE SYMPTOM INVENTORY; INSECT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE INJURY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUICK ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE AND SENSITIVITY INVENTORY; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68649099467     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181a7f021     Document Type: Article

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