Is the diagnosis of mass hysteria an excuse for incomplete investigation of low-level environmental contamination
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· JOM, J. Occup. Med.; (United States)
Mass hysteria is an epidemic diagnostic term used to characterize unexplained outbreaks of syncope among women. A syncope outbreak among women in a meeting in a rural area of Michigan prompted an intense investigation to etiology. Low levels of ozone, carbon monoxide, and pentane were found associated with the outbreak. These levels were too low by themselves to explain the symptoms. A sociometric scale of intensity of illness was devised and found to be highly correlated (r = -.094) with the weight of those who fainted. It is argued that mass hysteria may be the result of interactions of low levels of toxicants and may not be a result of the hysterical behavior in women at all.
- OSTI ID:
- 5875794
- Journal Information:
- JOM, J. Occup. Med.; (United States), Vol. 23:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BEHAVIOR
ETIOLOGY
CARBON MONOXIDE
MICHIGAN
OZONE
PENTANE
WEIGHT
WOMEN
ALKANES
ANIMALS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
FEMALES
GREAT LAKES REGION
HYDROCARBONS
MAMMALS
MAN
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
PRIMATES
USA
VERTEBRATES
560306* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Man- (-1987)
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BEHAVIOR
ETIOLOGY
CARBON MONOXIDE
MICHIGAN
OZONE
PENTANE
WEIGHT
WOMEN
ALKANES
ANIMALS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
FEMALES
GREAT LAKES REGION
HYDROCARBONS
MAMMALS
MAN
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
PRIMATES
USA
VERTEBRATES
560306* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Man- (-1987)