Effects of 10-ppm hydrogen sulfide inhalation on pulmonary function in healthy men and women

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1012-1017

  Bhambhani, Yagesh ^a   Burnham, Robert ^a   Snydmiller, Gary ^a   MacLean, Lan ^a   Lovlin, Ray ^a  

^a Department of Rehabilitation Medicine ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0029969071     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199610000-00011     Document Type: Article

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