Multiple chemical sensitivities [[electronic resource] ] : addendum to Biologic markers in immunotoxicology / / Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.9/07
• Soggetto topico: Multiple chemical sensitivity; Chemicals - Health aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 Pathways""""Irritant 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"" ; ""INTRODUCTION""""ANIMAL 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 PATIENTS""""OLFACTORY-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 Sensitivity""""CHARACTERISTICS 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"" ; ""REFERENCES""
• Titolo autorizzato: Multiple chemical sensitivities
• ISBN: 1-280-20324-2; 9786610203246; 0-309-59796-X; 0-585-14931-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456240503321
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