Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome (MCS) - Suggestions for an extension of the US MCS-case definition

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 141-151

  Lacour, Michael ^a   Zunder, Thomas ^a   Schmidtke, Klaus ^a   Vaith, Peter ^a   Scheidt, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Idiopathic environmental illness IEI; Multiple chemical sensitivities; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome MCS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLICATION; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 17844364606     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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