Research Supported by the Foundation

Palmer RF, Kattari D, Verduzco-Gutierrez M. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with chemical intolerance. Family Med Community Health. 2025;13(2):e003081. Published 2025 Apr 24. doi:10.1136/fmch-2024-003081

Health Associations

2025

Bjerregaard AA, Brinth L, Petersen MW, et al. Heart rate variability is not associated with multiple chemical sensitivity in a cross-sectional population-based study - The Danish study of functional disorders. J Psychosom Res. 2025;188:111992. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111992

Causes & Mechanisms

2025

Hempel S, Zhang D, Robinson KA, et al. Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) validity, prevalence, tools and interventions: systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 2025;15(5):e088136. Published 2025 May 8. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088136

Reviews & Evidence

2025

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

Health Associations

2024

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.

Screening & Assessment

2024

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

Health Associations

2024

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

Environmental & Clinical Care

2024

Schovsbo SU, Kårhus LL, Bjerregaard AA, et al. Fluctuation of functional somatic disorders in a population-based cohort. The DanFunD study.PLoS One. 2024;19(10):e0312031. Published 2024 Oct 16. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0312031

Population & Risk Factors

2024

JØrgensen T, Jacobsen RK, Weinreich Petersen M, et al. Lifestyle factors as predictors of incident functional somatic disorder. Five-year follow-up of The DanFunD study. Scand J Public Health. Published online October 22, 2024. doi:10.1177/14034948241283545

Population & Risk Factors

2024

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

Reviews & Evidence

2024

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.

Causes & Mechanisms

2023

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

Causes & Mechanisms

2023

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.

Reviews & Evidence

2023

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

Population & Risk Factors

2023

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

Causes & Mechanisms

2023

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

Health Associations

2022

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

Screening & Assessment

2022

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

Environmental & Clinical Care

2022

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.

Reviews & Evidence

2022

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

Health Associations

2022

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

Screening & Assessment

2021

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

Causes & Mechanisms

2021

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

Health Associations

2021

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

Health Associations

2021

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

Causes & Mechanisms

2021

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

Screening & Assessment

2020