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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

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Prevalence and interannual changes in multiple chemical sensitivity in Japanese workers

verfasst von: Xiaoyi Cui, Xi Lu, Mizue Hiura, Masako Oda, Aya Hisada, Wataru Miyazaki, Hisamitsu Omori, Takahiko Katoh

Erschienen in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | Ausgabe 3/2014

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Abstract

Objective

We aimed to evaluate the prevalence rates and interannual fluctuations in multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) in Japanese workers.

Methods

We assessed MCS using the Quick Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory, employing both Miller and Japanese criteria. Workers of two manufacturing companies located in Kyushu, Japan, were assessed, with company A surveyed in 2003, 2006 and 2011, and company B in 2003 and 2011.

Results

In company A, the Miller criteria-based MCS prevalence rate was higher in 2011 than in 2003, and according to the Japanese criteria, it was higher in 2011 than 2006. In company B, the Miller criteria-based MCS prevalence rate was lower in 2011 than in 2003.

Conclusion

The results indicated that MCS exists among industrial workers in Japan. We found no statistically significant interannual changes in MCS rates.

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Titel: Prevalence and interannual changes in multiple chemical sensitivity in Japanese workers
verfasst von: Xiaoyi Cui
Xi Lu
Mizue Hiura
Masako Oda
Aya Hisada
Wataru Miyazaki
Hisamitsu Omori
Takahiko Katoh
Publikationsdatum: 01.05.2014
Verlag: Springer Japan
Erschienen in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine / Ausgabe 3/2014
Print ISSN: 1342-078X
Elektronische ISSN: 1347-4715
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12199-014-0378-6

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