Prevalence of people reporting sensitivities to chemicals in a population-based survey

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Kreutzer, Richard ^a   Neutra, Raymond R ^a   Lashuay, Nan ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Tobacco smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ETHNICITY; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH IMPACT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; EXPOSURE; GENDER; INTERVIEW; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033168708     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009908     Document Type: Article

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