Neural sensitization and physiological markers in multiple chemical sensitivity

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 1 II, 1996, Pages

  Bell, Iris R ^a,b,d   Schwartz, Gary E ^a,b   Baldwin, Carol M ^b,c   Hardin, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tucson Veterans Affairs Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS ALLERGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MODEL; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OLFACTORY CORTEX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0029904724     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1996.0075     Document Type: Article

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