Multiple chemical sensitivity: A test of the Olfactory-Limbic model

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 366-377

  Brown DeGagne, Anne Marie ^a,b,d   McGlone, Jeannette ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ASTHMA; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032929874     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199905000-00004     Document Type: Article

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