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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Environmental Illness
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Enfermedades Ambientales
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Doença Ambiental
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Synonyms English:
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Environmental Hypersensitivities
Environmental Hypersensitivity
Environmental Illnesses
Hypersensitivities, Environmental
Hypersensitivity, Environmental
Illness, Environmental
Illnesses, Environmental
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Tree Number:
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C20.543.312
C21.223
SP4.012.050
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Definition English:
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A polysymptomatic condition believed by clinical ecologists to result from immune dysregulation induced by common foods, allergens, and chemicals, resulting in various physical and mental disorders. The medical community has remained largely skeptical of the existence of this "disease", given the plethora of symptoms attributed to environmental illness, the lack of reproducible laboratory abnormalities, and the use of unproven therapies to treat the condition. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; coord IM with specific disease (IM) or source of illness (IM); also available are MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME & SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; not for diseases caused by environmental pollution: index under specific dis (IM) + ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (IM) or specific envir pollut (IM)
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History Note English:
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96
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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32759
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Unique Identifier:
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D018876
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Similar:
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DeCS
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