Experimental strategies for research on multiple chemical sensitivity

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages 487-494

  Weiss, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple chemical sensitivity; Randomization tests; Single subject designs; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0030983242     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105s2487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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