The association between idiopathic environmental intolerance and psychological distress, and the influence of social support and recent major life events

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-9

  Skovbjerg, Sine ^a   Rasmussen, Alice ^b   Zachariae, Robert ^c   Schmidt, Lone ^b   Lund, Rikke ^b   Elberling, Jesper ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Idiopathic environmental intolerance; Major life events; Psychological distress; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEMICAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC ENVIRONMENTAL INTOLERANCE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; POLLUTANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84861312298     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-011-0210-5     Document Type: Article

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