Odor and chemesthesis from brief exposures to TXIB

Indoor Air

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 445-457

  Cain, W S ^a,c   De Wijk, R A ^a,b   Jalowayski, A A ^a   Pilla Caminha, G ^a   Schmidt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemesthesis; Ethanol; Indoor air quality; Odor; Sensory irritation; Threshold; TXIB; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ODORS;

CHEMESTHESIS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PSYCHOMETRIC FUNCTION; SATURATED VAPOR; SENSORY IRRITATION; THRESHOLD; TRIMETHYL; TXIB; VAPOUR CONCENTRATIONS;

ETHANOL;

EID: 27744484697     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2005.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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