Multiple chemical sensitivity: Study of 52 cases;Sensibilidad química múltiple: Análisis de 52 casos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 96-99

  Nogué, Santiago ^a,b   Fernández Solá, Joaquim ^a   Rovira, Elisabet ^a   Montori, Elisabet ^a   Fernández Huerta, José Manuel ^a   Munné, Pere ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Diagnosis; Multiple chemical sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548390156     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13107370     Document Type: Article

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