Profile of patients with chemical injury and sensitivity

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages 417-436

  Ziem, Grace ^a,b   McTamney, James ^b  

^a Occup and Environmental Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acquired disorders of porphyrin metabolism (or porphyria); Autoimmunity (or autoimmune diseases); Chemically induced; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Fibromyalgia; Immune activation; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Neuropsychological tests; Pesticides; Respiratory inflammation; Solvents; Toxic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORDANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DETERGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; GASOLINE; GLASS FIBER; GLUE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KEROSENE; NATURAL GAS; PESTICIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SOLVENT;

ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LARYNGITIS; LIVER; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SEIZURE; SINUSITIS; SYMPTOM; TREMOR;

EID: 0030957755     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105s2417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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