Eye Irritation Caused by Formaldehyde as an Indoor Air Pollution - A Controlled Human Exposure Experiment

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-236

  Yang, Xu ^a   Zhang, Yun Ping ^b   Chen, Dan ^c   Chen, Wen Ge ^c   Wang, Rong ^c  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; SMOKING; WOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BLINKING; DISINFECTANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMAN; MALE; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WOOD;

EID: 0035459032     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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