Multiple Chemical Sensitivities : Addendum to Biologic Markers in Immunotoxicology.

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1992.
Temas:
Chemicals > Health aspects.
Multiple chemical sensitivity.
Pollutants.
Allergy.
Immunologic diseases.
Pollution.
Diseases.
Public health.
Medical care.
Environmental Pollutants
Environmental Exposure
Hypersensitivity
Immune System Diseases
Toxic Actions
Environmental Pollution
Disease
Public Health
Chemical Actions and Uses
Chemicals and Drugs
Environment and Public Health
Delivery of Health Care
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Patient Care
Polysensibilité chimique.
Polluants.
Exposition (Toxicologie)
Hypersensibilité (Immunologie)
Maladies immunologiques.
Maladies.
Santé publique.
Prestation de soins.
Soins médicaux.
pollutants.
chemical pollution.
pollution.
disease.
illness.
public health.
Public health
Pollution
Pollutants
Medical care
Immunologic diseases
Diseases
Allergy
Chemicals > Health aspects
Multiple chemical sensitivity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • REFERENCES
  • OVERVIEW
  • Research Protocol for Clinical Evaluation
  • WORKING GROUP I
  • CASE CRITERIA
  • CANDIDATE POPULATIONS
  • EVALUATION
  • Exposures and Mechanisms
  • WORKING GROUP II
  • HUMAN STUDIES
  • OTHER EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES
  • ADDITIONAL NEEDS
  • Epidemiology
  • WORKING GROUP III
  • Key Concepts: Chemical Sensitization
  • INTRODUCTION
  • MECHANISMS OF SENSITIZATION
  • Classic Sensitization
  • Inflammation
  • Other Mechanisms of Sensitization
  • Different PathwaysIrritant Mechanisms
  • FORMALDEHYDE
  • Potential Mechanisms of Formaldehyde Induced Respiratory Sensitivity
  • Evidence of Asthma in Humans
  • Skin Sensitization
  • Current Levels of Knowledge
  • REFERENCES
  • Multiple Chemical Sensitivity-What is It?
  • REFERENCES
  • Case Definitions for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
  • TERMINOLOGY
  • REFERENCES
  • Allergy and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Distinguished
  • SUMMARY OF ADAPTATION HYPOTHESES
  • REFERENCES
  • Design of Animal Models to Probe the Mechanisms of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
  • INTRODUCTIONANIMAL MODELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LUNG DISEASES
  • Monitoring of Responses
  • EVALUATION OF ANIMAL MODELS
  • Respiratory Hypersensitivity
  • Guinea Pig Model of Airway Hyperreactivity
  • ANIMAL MODEL FOR ORGANIC DUST TOXIC SYNDROME
  • AN ANIMAL MODEL OF MCS
  • SUMMARY
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • REFERENCES
  • Antigen Specific and Antigen Non-Specific Immunization
  • REFERENCES
  • Neuropsychiatric & Biopsychosocial Mechanisms in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: An Olfactory-Limbic System Model
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CONTROLLED STUDIES ON MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY PATIENTSOLFACTORY-LIMBIC SYSTEM MODEL AND AFFECTIVE SPECTRUM DISORDERS
  • Affective Spectrum Disorders
  • Olfactory Bulbectomy Model of Depression
  • Anxiety Disorders and Environmental Chemicals
  • Kindling and Long-Term Potentiation in the Limbic System: Possible Role in the Mechanisms of MCS
  • Brain Electrical Activity and Chemical Exposures
  • PSYCHOSOCIAL MODULATORS OF BIOLOGICAL EVENTS
  • Possible Mediators in MCS
  • Classical Conditioning Hypothesis
  • METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • Neurobehavioral and Psychosocial Aspects of Multiple Chemical SensitivityCHARACTERISTICS OF MCS PATIENTS
  • PSYCHOSOCIAL AND PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION
  • RESULTS AND CONCLUSION
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Acknowledgments
  • Diagnostic Markers of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
  • INTRODUCTION
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS
  • RESULTS
  • DISCUSSION
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • Possible Mechanisms for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: The Limbic System and Others
  • MECHANISMS INVOLVING THE LIMBIC SYSTEM
  • BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS
  • VASCULAR MECHANISMS

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