Breathing and heart rate during experimental solvent exposure of young adults with self-reported multiple chemical sensitivity (sMCS)

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-186

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

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

Author keywords

1 Octanol; 2 Butanone; 2 Propanol; Breathing rate; Ethyl benzene; Experimental solvent exposure; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 2 PROPANOL; ETHYLBENZENE; OCTANOL; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BREATHING RATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SITTING;

EID: 0037337517     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-813X(02)00213-9     Document Type: Article

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