Multiple chemical sensitivity: Epidemiological, clinical and prognostic differences between occupational and non-occupational cases;Sensibilidad química múltiple: diferencias epidemiológicas, clínicas y pronósticas entre la de origen laboral y la de origen no laboral

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 52-58

  Xarau, Santiago Nogué ^a   Romay, María Alarcón ^b   Martínez, José Miguel Martínez ^b   Clanchet, Jordi Delclós ^b   Prat, Elisabet Rovira ^a   Solà, Joaquím Fernández ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Idiopathic environmental intolerance; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Occupational risks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; TOXICOLOGY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 77953209834     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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