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'It just doesn't seem to fit'. Environmental illness, corporeal chaos and the body as a complex system
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 08/18/09

Coyle FJ et al. – Environmental illness (EI) still remains something of an enigma, despite attempts to squeeze it into the increasingly flexible framework of the biomedical model or label it as 'psychogenic'. Consistently, environmentally ill bodies fail to respond to conventional medical tests, with the emergence of ambiguous, indecipherable or negative results. During a series of in–depth interviews in Canada, both patients and environmental health practitioners advocated the need for an alternative paradigm from which to view EI.

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The workplace and nurses with a mental illness
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 11/16/09 Relevance Score: 66%

Functional Variants in the Catalase and Myeloperoxidase Genes, Ambient Air Pollution, and Respiratory-related School Absences: An Example of Epistasis in Gene-Environment Interactions
American Journal of Epidemiology, 11/09/09 Relevance Score: 65%

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Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, 10/15/09 Relevance Score: 65%

Pediatric Ingestions of Hand Sanitizers: Debunking the Myth
Pediatric Emergency Care, 10/23/09 Relevance Score: 64%

The implementation of a Living with Voices group in a psychiatric intensive care unit: A pilot study
Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care, 11/19/09 Relevance Score: 63%