| Document ID (ISN) | 65766 |
| CIS number |
95-2162 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0731-3810 - Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology |
| Year |
1995 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Meggs W.J. |
| Title |
Multiple chemical sensitivities - Chemical sensitivity as a symptom of airway inflammation |
| Bibliographic information |
1995, Vol.33, No.2, p.107-110. 29 ref. |
| Abstract |
The term "multiple chemical sensitivity" confuses aetiology with diagnosis: chemical sensitivity is a symptom expressed by patients. The symptom complex is also expressed by the majority of patients with asthma or rhinitis following a single acute exposure to a substance, a condition called "reactive upper airway dysfunction syndrome". The chemical sensitivity patient merits evaluation for upper airway and bronchial reactivity that may cause extra-airway symptomatology. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
environmental illness; multifactor aetiology; psychosomatic disorders; sensitization; substances; allergic respiratory disorders; allergic reactivity; diagnosis |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
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| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
Mental health
Allergies
Multiple chemical sensitivities
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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