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Epidemic hysteria among some factory workers in Singapore

Chew, P.K.; Phoon, W.H.; Mae-Lim, H.A.

Singapore Medical Journal 17(1): 10-15

1976

ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675
PMID: 951594
Document Number: 98474
The first outbreak of hysteria in a large television assembling factory is reported. A total of 90 spells in 84 subjects was recorded over an 8 day period. It occurred almost exclusively among the young Malay female workers in a multi-racial factory population. Control measures dealing with individual cases and the non-affected factory population are described. Industrial, cultural and management aspects are discussed.

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