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clinical ecology

In medicine, ascertaining environmental factors involved in illnesses, particularly those manifesting nonspecific symptoms such as fatigue, depression, allergic reactions, and immune-system malfunctions, and prescribing means of avoiding or minimizing these effects.
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However, the American College of Physicians reviewed 15 studies of provocation-neutralization testing performed by clinical ecologists and criticized the introduction of bias, lack of controls, and their uniformly poor methodologic designs (24).
A 4-Year-Old Girl with Manifestations of Multiple Chemical ... by Woolf, Alan / Environmental Health Perspectives
Once an offending agent has been identified, the clinical ecologist injects it in various rising concentrations until a "neutralizing dose" is found.
Sick of it all by Fumento, Michael / Reason
In an article he wrote in 1987 for the medical journal Insights in Allergy, Terr voiced skepticism toward environmental illness and so-called clinical ecologists, health care practitioners who specialize in the treatment of environmental illness and chemical sensitivity.
Allergic to life by Kodis, Michelle R. / E
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