| Document ID (ISN) | 73143 |
| CIS number |
99-1244 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0355-3140 - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Levy F. |
| Title |
Clinical features of multiple chemical sensitivity |
| Bibliographic information |
1997, Vol.23, Suppl.3, p.69-73. 12 ref. |
| Abstract |
Definitions and symptoms of multiple chemical sensitivity are reviewed and attempts at diagnosis are outlined. Solvent exposure was the most common cause of chemical intolerance reported by patients at a department of occupational medicine. Patients also reported psychosocial stressors and showed mood disorders with irritability, anxiety, sleep disturbances and depression, often with thoughts centered around different organ symptoms. The symptomatology of multiple chemical sensitivity is still nonspecific and in no way diagnostic of a specific illness or a medically acceptable syndrome. It may indicate many other conditions, both organic disease and psychopathology. Topics: anxiety; chemical products; clinical ecology; depressive neurosis; diagnosis; environmental illness; mental disorders; multifactor aetiology; neuropsychic stress; psychosomatic disorders; sensitization; sleep disturbances; solvents; symptoms. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
environmental illness; multifactor aetiology; sensitization; chemical products; symptoms |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
neuropsychic stress; clinical ecology; mental disorders; anxiety; diagnosis; psychosomatic disorders; sleep disturbances; solvents; depressive neurosis |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Norway |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Multiple chemical sensitivities
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