Evaluation of subjective symptoms of Japanese patients with multiple chemical sensitivity using QEESI

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 267-275

  Hojo, Sachiko ^a   Sakabe, Kou ^b,c   Ishikawa, Satoshi ^c   Miyata, Mikio ^c   Kumano, Hiroaki ^d  

^a SHOKEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KITASATO INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI); Logistic regression analysis; Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS); Quick Environment Exposure Sensitivity Inventory (QEESI); Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUICK ENVIRONMENT EXPOSURE SENSITIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SYMPTOM;

EID: 77249173779     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-009-0095-8     Document Type: Article

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