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Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance: A Comprehensive Model [PDF]

Clinical Psychological Science, 2017
Idiopathic environmental intolerance refers to a group of poorly understood health conditions characterized by heterogeneous somatic symptoms that occur in response to environmental triggers, but for which no physiological causes can be found. We focus on three varieties, namely symptoms attributed to (a) chemical substances, (b) electromagnetic fields,
Ömer Van Den Bergh, Richard J Brown, Sibylle Petersen   +2 more
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Attention to bodily sensations and symptom perception in individuals with idiopathic environmental intolerance. [PDF]

Environ Health Prev Med, 2010
Idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) is characterized by non-specific symptoms attributed to exposure to environmental odours or chemicals at levels below those known to induce adverse health effects. A clarification of whether psychological processes involved in sensory perceptions are associated with IEI would add to our understanding of this ...
Skovbjerg S, Zachariae R, Rasmussen A, Johansen JD, Elberling J.   +4 more
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Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance: A Treatment Model [PDF]

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2020
Idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) refers to a health condition characterized by the presence of multiple symptoms in different organ systems in response to a variety of environmental cues, such as chemical exposures, electromagnetic radiation, infrasound from windmill farms, (parts of) buildings, foods etc.
Omer Van den Bergh, Anne-Kathrin Bräscher, Michael Witthöft   +2 more
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Clinical Characteristics of Disability in Patients with Indoor Air–Related Environmental Intolerance [PDF]

Safety and Health at Work, 2019
Background: Chronic nonspecific symptoms attributed to indoor nonindustrial work environments are common and may cause disability, but the medical nature of this disability is unclear.
Aki Vuokko, Kirsi Karvala, Hille Suojalehto, Harri Lindholm, Sanna Selinheimo, Marja Heinonen-Guzejev, Sami Leppämäki, Sebastian Cederström, Christer Hublin, Katinka Tuisku, Markku Sainio   +10 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for multiple chemical sensitivity in Australia [PDF]

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2019
The author found that the prevalence of diagnosed multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) in Australia was 6.5%. No mention is made about the role of exposure to metals. Exposure to metallic elements has been associated with MCS.
Paolo D. Pigatto, Gianpaolo Guzzi
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Anaesthesia for patients with idiopathic environmental intolerance and chronic fatigue syndrome [PDF]

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2008
Idiopathic environmental intolerance syndrome (IEI), formerly known as multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (MCSS), and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are controversial diseases and there is little information in the literature regarding the appropriate conduct of anaesthesia in such patients.We studied 27 patients referred to our anaesthetic allergy
M M Fisher
exaly   +3 more sources

Efficacy of cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) treatment for individuals living with symptoms associated with environmental factors (SAEF): protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

BMC Psychology
Background Treatment for symptoms associated with environmental factors (SAEF), such as electrohypersensitivity or multiple chemical sensitivity, have been sparsely investigated thus far.
Victor Pitron, Tara Petzke, Ingrid Zablith, Marion Revillot-Tirot, Clémence Forestier-Dupuch, Fatima Zohra Ibouchna, Michael Witthöft, Damien Léger, Lynda Bensefa-Colas, Omer Van den Bergh, Cédric Lemogne   +10 more
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Neuropsychological and positron emission tomography correlates in idiopathic environmental intolerances

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2007
It has been hypothesized that people with subjective hypersensitivity to chemicals may indeed suffer from neuronal damage due to widely distributed environmental toxins and that such deficits of diagnostic importance can be demonstrated with the help of functional neuroimaging even in single cases.
Susanne, Bornschein, Constanze, Hausteiner, Alexander, Drzezga, Tina, Theml, Barbara, Heldmann, Timo, Grimmer, Robert, Perneczky, Thomas, Jahn, Markus, Schwaiger, Thomas, Zilker, Hans, Förstl   +10 more
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Electrohypersensitivity: what is belief and what is known? [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
Electrohypersensitivity (EHS), or idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF), is a condition with fluid and transient symptoms associated to exposure to non-ionizing radiation by people claiming to suffer from it.
Frank de Vocht, Frank de Vocht, Martin Röösli, Martin Röösli   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Transcriptomic Profiling of Adult-Onset Asthma Related to Damp and Moldy Buildings and Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance. [PDF]

Int J Mol Sci, 2021
A subset of adult-onset asthma patients attribute their symptoms to damp and moldy buildings. Symptoms of idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) may resemble asthma and these two entities overlap.
Suojalehto H, Ndika J, Lindström I, Airaksinen L, Karvala K, Kauppi P, Lauerma A, Toppila-Salmi S, Karisola P, Alenius H.   +9 more
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