Coping strategies, social support and responsibility in chemical intolerance

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 2162-2173

  Nordin, Maria ^a   Andersson, Linus ^a   Nordin, Steven ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Idiopathic environmental intolerance; Locus of control; Multiple chemical sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77955935802     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03264.x     Document Type: Article

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