Odor perception: Multiple chemical sensitivities, chronic fatigue, and asthma

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 629-638

  Caccappolo, Elise ^a   Kipen, Howard ^a   Kelly McNeil, Kathie ^a   Knasko, Susan ^d   Hamer, Robert M ^a   Natelson, Benjamin ^b,c   Fiedler, Nancy ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; ODOR; SMELLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; UNITED STATES;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0034086779     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200006000-00012     Document Type: Article

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