Evaluating the human response to chemicals: Odor, irritation and non-sensory factors

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 581-588

  Smeets, Monique A M ^a   Dalton, Pamela H ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Occupational health; Olfaction; Perception; Trigeminal irritation

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 17044410939     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2004.12.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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