Bibliography of all peer-reviewed scientific papers, official reports, books and book chapters on MCS

MCS Referral & Resources maintains a complete bibliography of peer-reviewed scientific papers, official reports, books and book chapters on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. The full bibliography is available sorted either alphabetically or chronologically for $75.

The breakdown by subsets as shown below is available for an additional $75.

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Among over 609 references on MCS as of 9/99:

(not counting anything from the journal Clinical Ecology, which specializes in MCS)

311 present findings of a physical/organic basis for MCS and/or critique a psychogenic basis

137 present findings of a psychogenic basis for MCS and/or critique a physical/organic basis

96 present findings of both perspectives and/or do not take a clear position either way

37 present research protocols designed to test hypotheses about the basis of MCS

53 present letters to the editor about MCS

14 present articles and letters not yet coded -- includes most recent from 2000

All 609 references, sorted chronologically

All 609 references, sorted alphabetically

The peer-reviewed medical literature on MCS dates from 1952 but more than half the 400+ references identified by MCS R&R were published since 1992.

Some of what has been reported on MCS in Medical Journals:

1881: Drug, alcohol, food and chemical sensitivitities (along with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia) are all described by G.M. Beard as symptoms of Neurasthenia.
1952: The first peer-reviewed paper on chemical sensitivity, by Theron Randolph, appears in J Clin Lab Med (40:931-2)
1963: The first double-blind "challenge" study of chemical sensitivity in humans appears in Med Ann DC (32:1-8).
Since 1952, over 400 medical articles, book chapters, editorials, and conference proceedings have been published on MCS.
More than 1/2 these articles suggest a physical basis for MCS, while less than 1/4 suggest a psychiatric, psychogenic or iatrogenic basis. This gap has been growing for a decade.
More than 1/2 the articles on MCS were published since 1992, in contrast to the anti-MCS position papers of various medical societies, which all predate 1993.

Last Modified: 8/13/00