Reproducibility of Immunological Tests Used to Assess Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1029-1036

  Hoover, Donald R ^a   Donnay, Albert ^d   Mitchell, Clifford S ^c   Ziem, Grace ⁱ   Rose, Noel R ^c   Sabath, Daniel E ^e   Yurkow, Edward J ^b   Nakamura, Robert ^f   Vogt, Robert F ^g   Waxdal, Myron ^h   Margolick, Joseph B ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MCS Referral and Resources   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^h FAST Systems Inc   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0345688638     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.6.1029-1036.2003     Document Type: Article

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