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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Health and the modern home / edited by Mark Jackson.

Environmentally induced illnesses : ethics, risk assessment, and human rights / Thomas Kerns.

A report on multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) / The Interagency Workgroup on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.

Nomenclature of Diseases in Burmese / by R. H. Castor.

Why buildings make you sick.

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Health and the modern home / edited by Mark Jackson.

Environmentally induced illnesses : ethics, risk assessment, and human rights / Thomas Kerns.

A report on multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) / The Interagency Workgroup on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.

Nomenclature of Diseases in Burmese / by R. H. Castor.

Why buildings make you sick.