Medical management of the multiple chemical sensitivity patient

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 1 II, 1996, Pages

  Weaver, Virginia M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DESENSITIZATION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0029956548     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1996.0085     Document Type: Article

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