Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A 1999 Consensus

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-149

  Bartha, Liliane ^a   Baumzweiger, William ^a   Buscher, David S ^a   Callender, Thomas ^a   Dahl, Kristina A ^a   Davidoff, Ann ^a   Donnay, Albert ^a   Edelson, Stephen B ^a   Elson, Barry D ^a   Elliott, Erica ^a   Flayhan, Donna P ^a   Heuser, Gunnar ^a   Keyl, Penelope M ^a   Kilburn, Kaye H ^a   Gibson, Pamela ^a   Jason, Leonard A ^a   Krop, Jozef ^a   Mazlen, Roger D ^a   Mgill, Ruth G ^a   McTamney, James ^a   Meggs, William J ^a   Morton, William ^a   Nass, Meryl ^a   Oliver, Christine L ^a   Panjwani, Dilkhush D ^a   Plumlee, Lawrence A ^a   Rapp, Doris ^a   Shayevitz, Myra B ^a   Sherman, Janette ^a   Singer, Raymond M ^a   Solomon, Anne ^a   Vodjani, Aristo ^a   Woods, Joyce M ^a   Ziem, Grace ^a   more..

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FIBROMYALGIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NEW MEXICO; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032991629     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899909602251     Document Type: Article

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