MCS... or MUSES SYNDROME ?

What is Multiple Chemical Sensitivity ?

u1999 Consensus Definition (Arch Env Health 1999;54:147-9)
[1] MCS is a chronic condition

[2] marked by multiple symptoms in multiple organs

[3] that recur reproducibly

[4] in response to low levels of exposure *

[5] to multiple unrelated chemicals and

[6] improve or resolve when incitants are removed.

uBest of 7 MCS Definitions at identifying MCS cases
(McKeown-Eyssen et al, Arch Env Health 2001;56:406-12)


	Language is tricky: english, canadian, american
	So I will try to be careful with my terminology
	First, what do I mean by MCS?
	Only disease def’d without ref to symptoms
	Best of 7z