Temporal integration of nasal irritation from ammonia at threshold and supra-threshold levels

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 223-231

  Wise, Paul M ^a   Canty, Thomas M ^a   Wysocki, Charles J ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE IRRITATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME;

ADULT; AMMONIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 24044490627     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfi229     Document Type: Article

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