| Document ID (ISN) | 100214 |
| CIS number |
02-1262 |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
NTP 557-2000
|
| Author(s) |
Obiols Quinto J. |
| Title |
Idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI): Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) and related phenomena |
| Original title |
Intolerancia ambiental idiopática (IAI): sensibilidad química múltiple (SQM) y fenómenos asociados [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, Ediciones y Publicaciones, c/Torrelaguna 73, 28027 Madrid, Spain, 2000. 5p. 11 ref. |
| Abstract |
Multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (MCS) and associated phenomena are increasingly frequent at work. Certain authors suggest that they could affect 2 to 10% of the population. This information note summarizes current understanding of idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) and MCS. Contents: definitions; most frequent causal agents; systems or organs affected and most frequent symptoms; possible mechanisms (biological or psychogenic); diagnosis consensus criteria. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Spain; sensitizers; subthreshold exposure; individual susceptibility; chemical products |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
multifactor aetiology; data sheet; diagnosis; symptoms |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Multiple chemical sensitivities
|
