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POLLUTION SENSITIVITY [3 records]

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Record 1 2007-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Environment
CONT

Ecologic Illness is a chronic multi-system disorder, usually polysymptomatic, caused by adverse reactions to environmental incitants, modified by individual susceptibility and specific adaptation. The incitants are present in air, water, food, drugs and our habitat.

CONT

Environmental Disease Factors. There are many environmental factors that affect our health. Listed in the directory below are some, for which we have provided a brief overview.... Molds in the Environment. Air Pollution. Asthma Triggers. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Lead Poisoning. Radon. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Electric and Magnetic Fields. Gulf War Syndrome.

OBS

Compare with the closely-related term "multiple chemical sensitivity; MCS," that is considered as a synonym by many authors but in fact constitutes the description of this disorder from another perspective (cause and effect relation).

OBS

Conceptual family: sick building syndrome (SBS); tight building syndrome (TBS); building-related illness (BRI); multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS); environmental disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Environnement
DEF

Maladie causée par une polysensibilité à divers facteurs environnementaux.

OBS

Voir aussi le terme «sensibilité chimique multiple» (en anglais : «multiple chemical sensitivity; MCS»), qui est considéré par de nombreux auteurs comme un synonyme de «maladie environnementale» mais qui est en fait une désignation de la maladie sous une autre perspective (relation de cause à effet).

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Climate Change
  • Climatology
OBS

... of the World Meteorological Organization.

OBS

Initially this programme was called the World Climate Impact Studies Programme(WCIP), overall objective of which was to assess the sensitivity of socio-economic sectors to climate variability and change. In 1991, additional task of developing options for socio-economic response strategies related to climate variability and change was added to the programme. The main thrusts of WCIRP include :(i) testing of methodologies for national climate impact and sea level rise assessment;(ii) providing coordination of national climate impact and response strategies programmes;(iii) improved techniques for making inventories of sources and sinks of greenhouse gases;(iv) developing techniques for national response strategies;(v) improving public information; and(vi) air quality assessment and air pollution mitigation strategies.

Key term(s)
  • World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Program

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Changements climatiques
  • Climatologie
OBS

[...] de l'Organisation météorologique mondiale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Cambio climático
  • Climatología
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Record 3 2002-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollution (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution (Généralités)
OBS

D'une espèce, de la faune.

OBS

Établie en fonction d'indices de pollution.

OBS

La pollution des eaux continentales, Leynaud et coll. 1976, p. 247-248; L'analyse de l'eau, Rodier, 1976, tome 2, p. 90.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación (Generalidades)
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