Sensory Irritating Potency of Some Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds (MVOCs) and a Mixture of Five MVOCs

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 347-352

  Korpi, Anne ^a   Kasanen, Jukka Pekka ^a   Pasanen, Anna Liisa ^a   Alarie, Yves ^b   Kosma, Veli Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INHALATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032599818     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899909602499     Document Type: Article

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