Multiple chemical sensitivity, a disease commonly missed;«Sensibilidad a múltiples compuestos», una enfermedad comúnmente inadvertida

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 257-262

  Ortega Pérez, Arturo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHEMICAL AGENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; VOLATILE AGENT;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HUMANS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 25144488578     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13078105     Document Type: Article

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