Paul M. Lehrer
Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey--Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey
Key words: multiple chemical sensitivity, psychophysiology, individual response stereotypy, situational response specificity, active and passive coping, perception, psychophysics, suggestion, conditioning, panic
This paper is based on a presentation at the Conference on Experimental Approaches to Chemical Sensitivity held 20-22 September 1995 in Princeton, New Jersey. Manuscript received at EHP 6 March 1996; manuscript accepted 4 September 1996.
The author is grateful to R. Carr, N. Giardino, and H. Kipen for comments on earlier drafts of this paper.
Address correspondence to Dr. P.M. Lehrer, Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 671 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Telephone: (908) 235-4413. Fax: (908) 235-5158. E-mail: lehrer@umdnj.edu
Abbreviations used: CNS, central nervous system; HR, heart rate; MCS, multiple chemical sensitivity.
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