Psychological reactions related to chemosensory irritation

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 314-325

  Seeber, Andreas ^a   Van Thriel, Christoph ^a   Haumann, Katja ^a   Kiesswetter, Ernst ^a   Blaszkewicz, Meinolf ^a   Golka, Klaus ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Chemosensory irritation; Experimental exposure; Odour; Solvents

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 2 PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ETHYLBENZENE; OCTANOL; SOLVENT; STYRENE;

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EYE IRRITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE IRRITATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODOR; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANXIETY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GERMANY; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODORS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLVENTS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036626605     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0316-6     Document Type: Article

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