Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
A Workshop
This workshop was conducted at the request of the Environmental Protection Agency. This volume contains the papers prepared and presented by individual workshop participants; the papers have not undergone peer review.
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
Commission on Life Sciences
National Research Council
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Washington, D.C.
1992
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Introduction, |
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Key Concepts: Chemical Sensitization, |
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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity-What is it?, |
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Case Definitions for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, |
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Allergy and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) Distinguished, |
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Design of Animal Models to Probe the Mechanisms of Hypersensitivity, |
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Antigen Specific and Antigen Non-Specific Immunization, |
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Neurobehavioral and Psychosocial Aspects of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, |
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Diagnostic Markers of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, |
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Possible Mechanisms for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: The Limbic System and Others, |
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Developing Clinical Research Protocols for Studying Chemical Sensitivities, |
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Immunological Mechanisms of Disease and the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome, |
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Considerations for the Diagnosis of Chemical Sensitivity, |
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Occupational Asthma, |
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