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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity [PDF]

open access: yesBrain 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
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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Chemical Laboratory Workers

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2018
Background: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is an acquired disease which etiology remains unknown. It is characterized by the development of sensitivity to certain chemical products.Most of the hypotheses formulated to explain the syndrome associate ...
Juan Pérez-Crespo   +2 more
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Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS): women’s health issue

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020
Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is a controversial, complex, and recurring chronic disturbance resulting from olfactory exposure at low levels to foreign chemicals usually tolerated in the rest of the healthy population, without functional tests ...
L. Roncati   +3 more
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Noise sensitivity and multiple chemical sensitivity scales: Properties in a population based epidemiological study

open access: yesNoise and Health, 2012
Noise sensitivity is considered to be a self-perceived indicator of vulnerability to stressors in general and not noise alone. Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) has to some extent been accompanied by noise sensitivity, indicating a moderate ...
Marja Heinonen-Guzejev   +5 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for multiple chemical sensitivity in Australia [PDF]

open access: yesPreventive 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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Experiences of persons with multiple chemical sensitivity with mental health providers

open access: yesJournal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2016
Pamela Reed Gibson, Sharon D Lockaby, Jenna Michele Bryant Department of Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA Abstract: In this paper, we summarize the results of an online survey of persons in the United States with chemical ...
Gibson PR, Lockaby SD, Bryant JM
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Evaluation of genetic polymorphisms in patients with multiple chemical sensitivity.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
ObjectiveMultiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is a chronic medical condition characterized by symptoms that the affect an individual's response to low-level chemical exposure.
Xiaoyi Cui   +5 more
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Genetic susceptibility factors for multiple chemical sensitivity revisited

open access: yesInternational Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2010
Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is characterised by adverse effects due to exposure to low levels of chemical substances. Various genes, especially genes of importance to the metabolism of xenobiotic compounds, have been associated with MCS, but ...
Allan Linneberg   +2 more
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Prevalence and characteristics of multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome in women with reproductive dysfunction: A pilot survey single-center prospective study

open access: yesКубанский научный медицинский вестник
Background. Multiple chemical sensitivity is an acquired and multifactorial syndrome characterized by a set of debilitating symptoms and triggered by low doses of environmental chemicals that are harmless to most people.
E. V. Bolotova   +5 more
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Deranged Dimensionality of Vestibular Re-Weighting in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2016
Background: Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is a chronic multisystem condition characterized by low levels of multiple chemical susceptibility inducing a spectrum of central nervous system symptoms, including dizziness.
Alessandro Micarelli   +5 more
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