Taking refuge from modernity: 21st century hermits

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 523-529

  Boyd, I ^a   Rubin, G J ^a   Wessely, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSION; ELECTROHYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUSTRATION; HERMIT CRAB; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LITERATURE; MODERN TIMES; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HISTORY; MALE; POLLUTANT; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FREEDOM; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BELIEF;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872054466     PISSN: 02675331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2012.120060     Document Type: Review

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