Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: Addendum to Biologic Markers in Immunotoxicology

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Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: A Workshop

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Introduction, Jonathan Samet and Devra Lee Davis		1
		Research Protocols for Clinical Evaluation,		5
		Working Group I
		Exposures and Mechanisms,		9
		Working Group II
		Epidemiology,		11
		Working Group III
		Key Concepts: Chemical Sensitization, Michael D. Lebowitz		13
		Multiple Chemical Sensitivity-What is it?, Roy L. DeHart		35
		Case Definitions for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Nicholas A. Ashford and Claudia S. Miller		41
		Allergy and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) Distinguished, Claudia S. Miller and Nicholas A. Ashford		47
		Design of Animal Models to Probe the Mechanisms of Hypersensitivity, Meryl Karol		65
		Antigen Specific and Antigen Non-Specific Immunization, Robert Burrell		77

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Front Matter (R1-R4)

Introduction (1-4)

Research Protocol for Clinical Evaluation (5-8)

Exposures and Mechanisms (9-10)

Epidemiology (11-12)

Key Concepts: Chemical Sensitization (13-34)

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - What is It? (35-40)

Case Definitions for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (41-46)

Allergy and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) Distinguished (47-64)

Design of Animal Models to Probe the Mechanisms of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (65-76)

Antigen Specific and Antigen Non-Specific Immunization (77-88)

Neuropsychiatric and Biopsychosocial Mechanisms in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: An Olfactory-Limbic System Model (89-108)

Neurobehavioral and Psychosocial Aspects of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (109-116)

Diagnostic Markers of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (117-138)

Possible Mechanisms for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: The Limbic System and Others (139-150)

Developing Clinical Research Protocols for Studying Chemical Sensitivities (151-154)

Immunological Mechanisms of Disease and the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome (155-168)

Considerations for the Diagnosis of Chemical Sensitivity (169-192)

Occupational Asthma (193-196)

List of Contributors (197-198)

List of Participants (199-202)

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