Chemical Sensitivity: A Guide to Coping with Hypersensitivity Syndrome, Sick Building Syndrome, and Other Environmental IllnessesMcFarland, 1 ene 1992 - 275 páginas This book, written from a patient's perspective, first defines chemical sensitivity, then describes its effects, and discusses strategies for dealing with it. A complete resource listing, information on documenting a case, expert opinions on CS and an examination of the issues are included. An appendix provides detoxification data. |
Índice
What Is Chemical Sensitivity? | 1 |
What Its Like to Have Chemical Sensitivity | 39 |
Coping with Chemical Sensitivity | 71 |
Resources for the Chemical Sensitive | 101 |
Documenting the Chemical Sensitives Case | 115 |
Society and the Chemical Sensitive | 141 |
Charts from Chapter 1 | 152 |
Opinions of Experts | 159 |
Toxic Carpet Solution | 181 |
| 191 | |
| 271 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Chemical Sensitivity: A Guide to Coping with Hypersensitivity Syndrome, Sick ... Bonnye L. Matthews Vista previa restringida - 2008 |
Términos y frases comunes
101st Congress activity acute Allergy Clin Immunol antibodies assessment asthma behavior blood body brain damage carpet cause cells chemical exposure chemical poisoning chronic claimant Clinical Ecology compensation depression develop diagnosis disability retirement disease disorder doctors drugs employee Env Hlth environment Environmental Health environmental illness evaluation exposed federal formaldehyde function health effects helper cell human hypersensitivity identify immune response immune system immunologic impairment individuals indoor air pollution indoor air quality inhalation injury interleukin irritation low level lung medicine ment multiple chemical sensitivity nervous system neurological neuropsychological neurotoxic neurotransmitter occupational occur odor organic brain syndrome patient percent person pesticides physician posure problem programs psychiatric psychological reaction recognize respiratory result risk sick building syndrome significant solvents sources symptoms tests tients tion toxic toxic chemicals toxic encephalopathy toxic exposure toxic substances treatment trimellitic anhydride workers workplace
Pasajes populares
Página 201 - Antagonistic action or potentiation may occur with some combinations of atmospheric contaminants. Such cases at present must be determined individually. Potentiating or antagonistic agents are not necessarily harmful by themselves. Potentiating effects of exposure to such agents by routes other than that of inhalation is also possible, eg imbibed alcohol and inhaled narcotic (trichloroethylene).
Página 201 - ... their combined effect, rather than that of either individually, should be given primary consideration. In the absence of information to the contrary, the effects of the different hazards should be considered as additive. That is, if the sum of the following fractions.
Página 201 - Exceptions to the above rule may be made when there is good reason to believe that the chief effects of the different harmful substances are not in fact additive, but independent as when purely local effects on different organs of the body are produced by the various components of the mixture.
Página 201 - Potentiation is characteristically exhibited at high concentrations, less probably at low. When a given operation or process characteristically emits a number of harmful dusts, fumes, vapors or gases, it will frequently be only feasible to attempt to evaluate the hazard by measurement of a single substance. In such cases, the threshold limit used for this substance should be reduced by a suitable factor, the magnitude of which will depend on the number, toxicity and relative quantity of the other...