The influence of personality, measured by the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP), on symptoms among subjects in suspected sick buildings

Indoor Air

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 394-404

  Runeson, R ^a   Norback D ^a   Klinteberg, B ^b   Edling, C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Fatigue; Headache; Personality; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

DISEASES;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TRAITS; REFERENCE GROUP; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SICK BUILDINGS; STUDY GROUPS;

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ALLERGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASTHMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GUILT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MUSCLE TONE; NOSE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHASTHENIA; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SKIN DISEASE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 8744256460     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00261.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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