Model development and research vision for the future of multiple chemical sensitivity

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 569-573

  Arnetz, Bengt B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electric sensitivity; Environmental hyperreactivity; Environmental illness

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT;

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MODEL; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; ODOR; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 0033388667     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.482     Document Type: Short Survey

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