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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: an Italian prevalence multicentric survey [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundMultiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is a multisystem environmental disorder triggered by exposure to chemical agents at concentrations below toxicological thresholds.
Giovanni Genovese, Caterina Elisabetta Rizzo, Antonio Mistretta, Antonio Mistretta, Francesco Leonforte, Raffaele Squeri, Carlo Signorelli, Cristina Genovese, the Italian prevalence group   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Chemical intolerance in primary care settings: prevalence, comorbidity, and outcomes. [PDF]

Ann Fam Med, 2012
This study extends previous community-based studies on the prevalence and clinical characteristics of chemical intolerance in a sample of primary care clinic patients. We evaluated comorbid medical and psychiatric disorders, functional status, and rates of health care use.A total of 400 patients were recruited from 2 family medicine clinic waiting ...
Katerndahl DA, Bell IR, Palmer RF, Miller CS.   +3 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Prototype stories of life with Chemical Intolerance – when the environment becomes a threat to health and well-being

Open Psychology, 2019
We aimed to explore how individuals living with Chemical Intolerance (CI) describe the onset and progression of CI, and how they live and cope with CI. The participants were recruited via Swedish websites hosted by CI support groups.
Schéle Ingrid, Ask Ida, Claeson Anna-Sara   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Validation of a Brief Screening Instrument for Chemical Intolerance in a Large U.S. National Sample [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
CARLOS Roberto Jaen, Ray Palmer, Tatjana Walker   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Analysis of outcome indicators in clinical trials related to feeding intolerance in ICU patients receiving enteral nutrition feeding [PDF]

Frontiers in Nutrition
PurposeThe aim of this study was to analyze the outcome indicators of clinical trials related to feeding intolerance in patients receiving enteral nutrition feeding in ICUs published in the past 10 years, and to provide data support for the construction ...
Chaokai He, Xiaorong Li, Fan Li, Ying Xia, Kunrong Yu   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Brain Sciences, 2021
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), a condition also known as Chemical Sensitivity (CS), Chemical Intolerance (CI), Idiopathic Environmental Illness (IEI) and Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT), is an acquired multifactorial syndrome ...
Gesualdo M. Zucco, Richard L. Doty
doaj   +1 more source

Lactose: Characteristics, Food and Drug-Related Applications, and Its Possible Substitutions in Meeting the Needs of People with Lactose Intolerance

Foods, 2022
The recent growing interest in lactose intolerance has resulted in the proliferation of lactose-free products by food manufacturing companies. Since updated papers about lactose and its uses are missing, the main purpose of this review is to investigate ...
Simona Dominici, Francesca Marescotti, Chiara Sanmartin, Monica Macaluso, Isabella Taglieri, Francesca Venturi, Angela Zinnai, Maria Sole Facioni   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research Progress on Chemical Modification and Application of Cellulose: A Review

Medžiagotyra, 2022
Cellulose is a rich natural polymer material, which has the characteristics of biodegradability, environmental friendliness and good biocompatibility.
Jinjie ZHANG, Yingping QI, Yongfeng SHEN, Hua LI   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of environmental intolerances and symptoms between patients with multiple chemical sensitivity, subjects with self-reported electromagnetic hypersensitivity, patients with bronchial asthma, and the general population

Environmental Sciences Europe, 2023
Background Environmental hypersensitivity/intolerance is considered closely related to allergic diseases. To understand these conditions, the environmental intolerances and symptoms of patients with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), subjects with self-
Atsushi Mizukoshi, Sachiko Hojo, Kenichi Azuma, Masami Mizuki, Mikio Miyata, Hideo Ogura, Kou Sakabe, Naomi Tsurikisawa, Chiyako Oshikata, Jiro Okumura   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance (Part One) [PDF]

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2003
Multiple chemical sensitivity/idiopathic environmental intolerance (MCS/IEI) is a commonly used diagnostic term for a group of symptoms without apparent organic basis. The symptoms are characteristic of dysfunction in multiple organ systems. They wax and wane fluctuate according to exposure to low levels of chemical agents in the patient's environment,
WATANABE, Mitsuyasu, TONORI, Hideki, AIZAWA, Yoshiharu   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources