MCS Publications
Publications by research programs receiving Foundation funding:
Palmer RF, Jaén CR, Perales RB, Rincon R, Forster JN, Miller CS. (2020.) Three questions for identifying chemically intolerant individuals in clinical and epidemiological populations: The Brief Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory (BREESI). PLoS ONE 15(9): e0238296. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238296
Palmer RF, Walker T, Kattari D, Rincon R, Perales RB, Jaén CR, Grimes C, Sundblad DR, Miller CS. (2021). Validation of a Brief Screening Instrument for Chemical Intolerance in a Large U.S. National Sample. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(16), 8714. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168714
Masri S, Miller CS, Palmer RF, Ashford N. (2021). Toxicant-induced loss of tolerance for chemicals, foods, and drugs: assessing patterns of exposure behind a global phenomenon. Environmental Sciences Europe 33(65). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-021-00504-z
Miller CS, Palmer RF, Dempsey T, Ashford N, Afrin LB. (2021). Mast Cell Activation May Explain Many Cases of Chemical Intolerance. Environmental Sciences Europe 33(129). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-021-00570-3
Bjerregaard, A. A., Petersen, M. W., Gormsen, L. K., Skovbjerg, S., Jørgensen, N. R., Linneberg, A., Cedeño-Laurent, J. G., Jørgensen, T., & Dantoft, T. M. (2021). Insulin Resistance Is Associated with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in a Danish Population-Based Study-DanFunD. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(23), 12654. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312654
Perales RB, Palmer RF, Rincon R, Viramontes JN, Walker T, Jaén CR, Miller CS. (2022). Does Improving Indoor Air Quality Lessen Symptoms Associated with Chemical Intolerance? Primary Health Care Research and Development 23(e3), 1. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423621000864
Palmer RF, Walker T, Perales RB, , Rincon R, Jaén CR, Miller CS (2021). Disease Comorbidities Associated with Chemical Intolerance. Environmental Disease 6(4), 134-141. doi: 10.4103/ed.ed_18_21
Palmer, R.F., Rincon, R., Perales, R.B. et al. The Brief Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory (BREESI): an international validation study. Environ Sci Eur(34)32 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-022-00600-8
Bjerregaard, A. A., Petersen, M. W., Skovbjerg, S., Gormsen, L. K., Cedeño-Laurent, J. G., Jørgensen, T., Linneberg, A., & Dantoft, T. M. (2022). Physiological Health and Physical Performance in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity-Described in the General Population. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(15), 9039. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159039
Schovsbo, S. U., Møllehave, L. T., Petersen, M. W., Ahrendt Bjerregaard, A., Eliasen, M., Pedersen, S. B., Eplov, L. F., Kårhus, L. L., Fink, P., Linneberg, A., Dantoft, T. M., Jørgensen, T., & Benros, M. E. (2022). Association between infections and functional somatic disorders: a cross-sectional population-based cohort study. BMJ Open, 12(11), e066037. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066037
Hempel S, Danz M, Robinson KA, Bolshakova M, Imasuen E, Rodriguez J, Mears, A, Pham C, Yagyu S, Motala A, Tolentino D, Akbari O, Johnston J. (2022). Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. osf.io/4a3wu.
Ahrendt Bjerregaard A, Schovsbo SU, Gormsen LK, Skovbjerg S, Eplov LF, Linneberg A, Cedeño-Laurent JG, Jørgensen T, Dantoft TM. (2023). Social economic factors and at the risk of multiple chemical sensitivity in a Danish population-based cross-sectional study: Danish Study of Functional Disorders (DanFunD). BMJ Open, 13(3), e066037. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064618
Palmer, R.F., Almeida, M., Perales, R.B., Rincon, R. D. (2023). A genome-wide SNP investigation of chemical intolerance. Environmental Advances, 12, art. no. 100380. DOI: 10.1016/j.envadv.2023.100380
Miller, C.S., Palmer, R.F., Kattari, D. et al. What initiates chemical intolerance? Findings from a large population-based survey of U.S. adults. Environmental Sciences Europe 35, 65 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-023-00772-x
Hempel S, Danz M, Robinson KA, Bolshakova M, Rodriguez J, Mears A, Pham C, Yagyu S, Motala A, Tolentino D, Akbari O, Johnston J. Multiple chemical sensitivity scoping review protocol: overview of research and MCS construct. BMJ Open. 2023 Sep 22;13(9):e072098. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072098. PMID: 37739463; PMCID: PMC10533706.
Palmer RF, Dempsey TT, Afrin LB. Chemical Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation: A Suspicious Synchronicity. Journal of Xenobiotics. 2023 Nov 12;13(4):704-718. doi: 10.3390/jox13040045. PMID: 37987446; PMCID: PMC10660865.
Zhang D, Danz M, Robinson K, Espinosa-Wade E, Berry N, Brahmbhatt N, Sysawang K, Yagyu S, Motala A, Tolentino D, Akbari O, Johnston J, Hempel S. (2024). Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: An Evidence Map. Society of General Internal Medicine California-Hawaii Regional Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 2024, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15856.47361
Ravi T, Johnson-Esparza Y, Hernandez J, Andry N, Ali F, Del Pilar Montanez Villacampa M, Rincon R, Perales R, & Palmer RF. Clinical assessment and patient education of chemical intolerance. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2024 Feb 6. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20240310.
Johnson-Esparza Y, Wood R, Cruz I, Palmer RF, Diabetes Quality of Life, Chemical Intolerance, and Generational Status in a Latino Sample: An RRNeT Study. Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-023-01374-3
Palmer RF, Kattari D, Rincon R, Miller CS. Assessing Chemical Intolerance in Parents Predicts the Risk of Autism and ADHD in Their Children. J Xenobiot. 2024;14(1):350-367. Published 2024 Mar 5. doi:10.3390/jox14010022
Rincón R, Perales R, Palmer RF, et al. Environmental house calls can reduce symptoms of chemical intolerance: a demonstration of personalized exposure medicine. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 2024;25:e53. doi:10.1017/S146342362400046X