Perceived odor and irritation of isopropanol: A comparison between naïve controls and occupationally exposed workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 541-548

  Smeets, Monique ^a   Dalton, Pamela ^b  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

IPA; Isopropanol; Odor; Sensory irritation; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE IRRITATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ODOR; ODOR CONTROL; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY EVALUATION; SMELLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOLUNTEER;

2-PROPANOL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; UNITED STATES;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0036821017     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0364-y     Document Type: Article

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