Rev Environ Health. 1985 ; 5(3): 271-93.

Clinical ecology in environmental health.

Walters AH.

Clinical Ecology is a practical application of results in research into allergy, adaptation, nutrition and toxicology to those types of illness precipitated mainly by environmental factors. In varying degrees these factors may operate at both the physical and psychological levels, therefore, in some respects, clinical ecology may bridge the gap between conventional and complementary medicine. In a Hi-tech society of increasing complexity, many clinical conditions will continue to arise which must be viewed and diagnosed in terms of individual susceptibility to agents with which they come into contact directly or by inhalation or ingestion. Treatment must fall within the total concepts of environmental health.