Perceived odor, irritation, and health symptoms following short-term exposure to acetone

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 558-569

  Dalton, Pamela ^a   Wysocki, Charles J ^a   Brody, Michael J ^a   Lawley, Henry J ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acetone; health; occupational exposure; odor; response bias; sensory irritation

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NOSE IRRITATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRURITUS; SNEEZING; SWEATING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTIGO; WORKPLACE;

ACETONE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODORS; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030965023     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199705)31:5<558::AID-AJIM10>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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