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Article: Possible time-dependent sensitization to xenobiotics: self-reported illness from chemical odors, foods, and opiate drugs in an older adult population.
- Article from:
- Archives of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- September 1, 1993
- Author:
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The question of individual differences in susceptibility to illness, especially central nervous system dysfunction, from multiple low-level chemical exposures (multiple chemical sensitivity [MCS]) in nonindustrial environments is emerging as an important issue for public health policy and healthcare.[1-15] Some of the controversy in this area derives from the number and diversity of somatic, cognitive, and affective symptoms in persons claiming chemical sensitivity; the low doses purported to trigger symptoms; and the lack of objective laboratory tests for confirming illness.[1,2] Perhaps the only symptom that all individuals, including MCS patients, who claim to become ...
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