The experience of living with sensory hyperreactivity-accessibility, financial security, and social relationships

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 686-707

  Söderholm, Anna ^a   Nordin, Steven ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; ODOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; ODORS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960548172     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.585727     Document Type: Article

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