The Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory (EESI): A standardized approach for measuring chemical intolerances for research and clinical applications

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 370-385

  Miller, Claudia S ^a   Prihoda, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical sensitivity; environmental exposures; environmental illness; Gulf War veterans; implant; multiple chemical sensitivity; pesticide; questionnaire; reliability; validityity

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASKING; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033451982     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379901500311     Document Type: Article

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