A review of a two-phase population study of multiple chemical sensitives

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1490-1497

  Caress, Stanley M ^a   Steinemann, Anne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical injury; Environmental illness; MCS; Multiple chemical sensitivities; TILT; Toxicant induced loss of tolerance

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141740540     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5940     Document Type: Review

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