Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS): The Controversy and Relation to Interior Design

Journal of Interior Design

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-65

  Nussbaumer, Linda L ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84892692565     PISSN: 10717641     EISSN: 19391668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1668.2004.tb00399.x     Document Type: Article

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