Symptomatic effects of exposure to diluted air sampled from a swine confinement atmosphere on healthy human subjects

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 567-576

  Schiffman, Susan S ^a   Studwell, Clare E ^a   Landerman, Lawrence R ^a   Berman, Katherine ^a   Sundy, John S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne emissions; Attention; Environmental chamber; Memory; Mood; Nasal inflammation; Pulmonary function; Secretory immunity; Spirometry; Swine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENDOTOXIN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; ODOR; PIG FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SYMPTOM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; ODORS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 19044373786     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6814     Document Type: Article

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