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. 1985 Nov;75(11):1303-7.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.75.11.1303.

Psychological consequences of infestation of the dwelling unit

G E Zahner, S V Kasl, M White, J C Will

Psychological consequences of infestation of the dwelling unit

G E Zahner et al. Am J Public Health. 1985 Nov.

Abstract

Interview data from a three-wave panel study of the impact of the residential environment upon the psychological well-being of 337 minority women were used to examine the effects of household infestation upon self-reported depression, phobic anxiety, somatization, hostility, and anomia. The findings of cross-sectional and change analyses over the three waves of data point to a stable relationship between rat infestation and a single dimension of psychological well-being, somatization.

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