Acute effects of 1,1,1-trichloroethane on human olfactory functioning

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Muttray, Axel ^a   Moll, Bertram ^a   Faas, Michael ^a   Klimek, Ludger ^a   Mann, Wolf ^a   Konietzko, Johannes ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; BUTANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMELLING; SNIFFING; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 2642569205     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240401800208     Document Type: Article

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