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Immune System Diseases > Hypersensitivity > Environmental Illness > Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Disorders of Environmental Origin > Environmental Illness > Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Preferred term

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Chemical Sensitivities, Multiple
  • Chemical Sensitivity, Multiple
  • Environmental Intolerance, Idiopathic
  • Environmental Intolerances, Idiopathic
  • Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance
  • Idiopathic Environmental Intolerances
  • Intolerance, Idiopathic Environmental
  • Intolerances, Idiopathic Environmental
  • Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
  • Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome
  • Sensitivities, Multiple Chemical
  • Sensitivity, Multiple Chemical

Note

  • coord IM with specific chemical IM or NIM if discussed

Scope note

  • An acquired disorder characterized by recurrent symptoms, referable to multiple organ systems, occurring in response to demonstrable exposure to many chemically unrelated compounds at doses below those established in the general population to cause harmful effects. (Cullen MR. The worker with multiple chemical sensitivities: an overview. Occup Med 1987;2(4):655-61)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018777

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