Measurement of nasal irritant sensitivity to pulsed carbon dioxide: A pilot study

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 334-340

  Shusterman, Dennis ^a   Balmes, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUSITIS; SMOKING; VASOMOTOR RHINITIS;

EID: 0031417928     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602208     Document Type: Article

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