کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2588543 1561897 2014 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Overlap in prevalence between various types of environmental intolerance
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
همپوشانی در شیوع انواع مختلف عدم تحمل زیست محیطی
کلمات کلیدی
شیوع، عدم تحمل محیط زیست، حساسیت شیمیایی چندگانه، حساسیت سر و صدا، سندرم ساختمان بیمار، همپوشانی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم محیط زیست بهداشت، سم شناسی و جهش زایی
چکیده انگلیسی

Environmental intolerance (EI) is characterized by attribution of several, multisystem symptoms to specific environmental exposures, such as exposure to odorous/pungent chemicals, certain buildings, electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and everyday sounds. The symptoms are medically unexplained, non-specific and the symptoms overlap between different types of EI. To approach the issue of underlying mechanisms the matter of overlap in prevalence between intolerances can provide valuable information. The aim of the study was to examine if the overlap between intolerance to odorous/pungent chemicals, certain buildings, EMFs and sounds is larger than the expected overlap if no association would exist between them. The study was using cross-sectional data from the Västerbotten Environmental Health Study in Sweden; a large questionnaire-based survey. 8520 adults (18–79 years) were randomly selected after stratification for age and sex, of whom 3406 (40%) participated. Individuals with the four types of intolerance were identified either through self-report, or by having been physician-diagnosed with a specific EI. The overlaps between the four EIs were greater than predictions based on coincidence for both self-reported and diagnosed cases (except for the overlap between diagnosed intolerance to sounds and EMFs). The results raise the question whether different types of EI share similar underlying mechanisms, or at least that the sufferers of EI share some predisposition to acquire the conditions.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health - Volume 217, Issues 4–5, April–May 2014, Pages 427–434
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