ID Number		1912
Study Type		Human / Provocation
Model		Environmental exposures (including electromagnetic fields) in self reported hypersensitive subjects and analysis of psychological and environmental contributions.
Details		Self reported hypersensitive subjects (n = 61, general hypersensitivity not just electromagnetic exposures) were identified through advertisement and personal contacts with the investigators. The subjects were given medical and psychiatric evaluations and questioned for environmental exposures (e.g., CO2, temperature, humidity, formaldehyde, radon levels). The authors suggest that half of the illnesses that the subjects attributed to environmental factors were completly psychosomatic. For patients with no prior psychological stress, however, there was a measurably elevated occurrence of noxious environmental factors in the home.
Findings		No Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Psychiatric University Clinic, Basel, Switzerland
Funding Agency		SAEFL, Switzerland, Nat'l Res Prog, Switzerland (SNSF, NRP57), Basel Univ Research Fund
Country		SWITZERLAND
References		Brand, S et al. Int J Hyg Environ Health., (2009) 212:157-171
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