Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) --the so-called chemical multiple hypersensitivity
Wolf, C.
Versicherungsmedizin 48(5): 175-178
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0933-4548 PMID: 9012099 Document Number: 457060
Multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (MCS) is believed to be a multiple organ disease caused by low-level exposure to chemical substances. It is characterized by central-nervous, gastrointestinal and irritative mucocutaneous symptoms. This phenomenon is not recognized in traditional medicine, opponents of the theory of a separate disease attributing all symptoms to psychopathological processes. Since this phenomenon is becoming increasingly prevalent in Western countries, appropriate strategies for its study need to be developed.