Odor-annoyance estimates from road-traffic combustion exhausts: Calibration with master scaling using pyridine as a reference

Environment International

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 829-837

  Lidén, Edvard ^a   Ulander, Arne ^a   Deniz, Fuat ^a   Gunnarsson, Anita Gidöf ^a   Nordin, Steven ^b   Högman, Lennart ^c  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHAUST GASES; ODORS;

ODOR ANNOYANCE ESTIMATION; PYRIDINE; TRAFFIC COMBUSTION EXHAUSTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC;

EID: 0031282606     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(97)00095-0     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Ahlström, R.; Berglund, B.; Berglund, U.; Lindvall, T.; Wennberg, A. Impaired odor perception in tank cleaners. Scand. J. Work Environ. Health 12: 574-581; 1986.
2. Amoore, J.E.; Hautala, E. Odor as an aid to chemical safety: Odor thresholds compared with threshold limit values and volatilities for 214 industrial chemicals in air and water dilution. J. Appl. Toxicol. 3: 272-290; 1983.
3. Baird, J.C.; Berglund, B.; Berglund, U.; Lindvall, T. Symptom patterns as an early warning signal of community health. Environ. Int. 16: 3-9; 1990.
4. Berglund, B.; Berglund, U.; Lindvall, T. Measurement of rapid changes of odor concentration by a signal detection approach. J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc. 24: 162-164; 1974.
5. Berglund, B.; Berglund, U.; Lindvall, T. A study of response criteria in populations exposed to aircraft noise. J. Sound Vibration 41: 33-39; 1975.
6. Berglund, B.; Berglund, U.; Lindvall, T. Olfactory self-and cross-adaptation: Effects of time of adaptation on perceived odor intensity. Sensory Proc. 2: 181-197; 1978.
7. Berglund, B.; Berglund, U.; Lindberg, S. Master scaling of environmental loudness. Reports from the Department of Psychology. No. 610. Stockholm: University of Stockholm; 1983.
8. Berglund, B.; Berglund, U.; Högman, L.; Johansson, I.; Lindvall, T. Measurement of formaldehyde odor indoors. In: Fanger, P.O., ed. Clima 2000. Vol. 4: Indoor climate. Copenhagen: VVS Kongres-VVS Messe; 1985: 251-257.
9. Berglund, B.; Berglund, U.; Lindvall, T. Measurement and control of annoyance. In: Koelga, H.S., ed. Environmental annoyance: Characterization, measurement and control. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 1987: 29-44.
10. Berglund, B.; Nordin, S. Utilizing individual differences in loudness measurement. In: Müller, F., ed. Fechner Day 90: Proc. sixth annual meeting of the International Society for Psycho-physics. Würzburg, Germany: Würzburg University; 1990: 117-122.
11. Berglund, B. Quality assurance in environmental psychophysics. In: Bolanowski, S.J.; Gescheider, G.A., eds. Ratio scaling of psychological magnitudes: In honor of the memory of S.S. Stevens. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum; 1991: 140-162.
12. Berglund, B.; Nordin, S. Detectability and perceived intensity for formaldehyde in smokers and non-smokers. Chem. Senses 17: 291-306; 1992.
13. Berglund, M.; Boström. C.-E.; Bylin, G.; Ewetz, L.; Gustavsson, L.; Moldéus, P.; Norberg, S.; Pershagen, G.; Victorin, K. Health risk evaluation of nitrogen dioxides. Scand. J. Work Environ. Health 19(2): 1-72; 1993.
14. Cain, W.C.; Engen, T. Olfactory adaptation and the scaling of odor intensity. In: Phaffmann, C., ed. Olfaction and taste: III. New York: Rockefeller University Press; 1969: 127-141.
15. Deane, M.; Sanders, G. Annoyance and health reactions to odor from refineries and other industries in Carson, California 1969-1971. Environ. Res. 15: 119-132; 1978.
16. Dockery, D.W.; Speizer, F.E.; Stram, D.O.; Ware, J.H.; Spengler, J.D.; Ferris, B.G. Effects of inhalable particles on respiratory health of children. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 139: 587-594; 1989.
17. Evans, G.W.; Colome, S.D.; Shearer, D.F. Psychological reactions to air pollution. Environ. Res. 45: 1-15; 1988.
18. Hellman, R.P.; Meiselman, C.H. Prediction of individual loudness exponents from cross-modality matching. J. Speech Hearing Res. 31:605-615; 1988.
19. Högman, L.; Shams Esfandabad, H. Pyridine odor detectability and the effective threshold. Reports from the Department of Psychology. No. 683. Stockholm: University of Stockholm; 1988.
20. Jonsson, E. Annoyance reactions to external environmental factors in different sociological groups. Acta Sociologica 7:229-263; 1964.
21. Lane, H.L.; Catania, A.C.; Stevens, S.S. Voice level: Autophonic scale, perceived loudness and effects of sidetone. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 33: 160-167; 1961.
22. Leonardos, G.; Kendall, D.; Barnard, N. Odor threshold determinations of 53 odorant chemicals. J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc. 19: 91-95; 1969.
23. Lidén, E.; Nordin, S.; Högman, L.; Ulander, A.; Deniz, F.; Gidlöf Gunnarsson, A. Assessment of odor annoyance and its relationship to stimulus concentration and odor intensity. Chem. Senses. (In press)
24. Lindvall, T. On sensory evaluation of odorous air pollutant intensities. Nordisk Hygienisk Tidskrift 51(12): 1-181; 1970.
25. Lindvall T. Recommendations for air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide and ozone. Scand. J. Work. Environ. Health 11(3): 3-9; 1985.
26. Nordin, S. Context effects, reliability, and internal consistency of intermodal joint scaling. Percept. Psychophys. 55: 180-189; 1994.
27. Reinhardt, C.F.; Brittelli, M.R. Heterocyclic and miscellaneous nitrogen compounds. In: Clayton, G.D.; Clayton, F.E., eds. Patty's industrial hygiene and toxicology. Vol. 2A. New York: Wiley; 1981: 2791-2731.
28. SCB (Statistiska Centralbyrån). Luftkvalitet i tätorter 1986-1995. SCB Na 24 SM 9501; 1995.
29. Shams Esfandabad, H. Perceptual analysis of odorous irritants in indoor air. Doctoral dissertation. Stockholm: Department of Psychology, Stockholm University; 1993.
30. Steinheider, B.; Winneke, G. Industrial odours as environmental Stressors: Exposure-annoyance associations and their modification by coping, age and perceived health. J. Environ. Psychol. 13: 353-363; 1993.
31. Stevens, S.S. On the psychophysical law. Psychol. Rev. 64: 153-181; 1957.
32. Stevens, S.S.; Guirao, M. Subjective scaling of length and area and the matching of length to loudness and brightness. J. Exp. Psychol. 66: 177-186; 1963.
33. Stevens, S.S. Psychophysics: Introduction to its perceptual, neural, and social prospects. New York, NY: Wiley; 1975.
34. Stevens, J.C.; Plantinga, A.; Cain, W.S. Reduction of odor and nasal pungency associated with aging. Neurobiol. Aging 3: 125-132; 1982.
35. Ulander, A.; Andersson, R. Trafikemissioner till boendemiljön. Rapport från Yrkes-och miljömedicinska kliniken, Regions-jukhuset, Örebro, 1992. (Emissions from road traffic in dwellings. Report from the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Örebro Medical Center Hospital, Örebro. Sweden, 1992.) Örebro, Sweden: Örebro Medical Center Hospital; 1992. (in Swedish)
36. Warholm, M. Pyridine: DEC and SGC basis for an occupational health standard. Arbete och Hälsa, 49. Stockholm: National Institute of Occupational Health; 1991.
37. WHO (World Health Organization). Air quality guidelines for Europe. No 23. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Publications, European Series; 1987.
38. Zeidner, M.; Shechter, M. Psychological responses to air pollution: Some personality and demographic correlates. J. Environ. Psychol. 8: 191-208; 1988.