Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 4 , Pages 339-345 , April 2009

Annoyance and health symptoms and their influencing factors: A population-based air pollution intervention study

  • T. Stenlund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Sweden
    • Department of Educational Measurement, Umeå University, Sweden
    • ,
  • E. Lidén

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden
    • ,
  • K. Andersson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden
    • ,
  • J. Garvill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Sweden
    • ,
  • S. Nordin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Sweden
    • Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden. Tel.: +46 90 7866006; fax: +46 90 7866695.

Received 25 June 2008 ,Revised 13 November 2008 ,Accepted 16 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.12.021

Public Health
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