Responses to controlled diesel vapor exposure among chemically sensitive Gulf War veterans

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 588-598

  Fiedler, Nancy ^a   Giardino, Nicholas ^b   Natelson, Benjamin ^d   Ottenweller, John E ^d   Weisel, Clifford ^a   Lioy, Paul ^a   Lehrer, Paul ^a   Ohman Strickland, Pamela ^c   Kelly McNeil, Kathie ^a   Kipen, Howard ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical sensitivity; Diesel vapors; GWVs; Hyperventilation; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; DIESEL FUEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; EXHAUST GAS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALAISE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODOR; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RECALL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOLDIER; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VAPOR; WAR;

EID: 3242782381     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000127872.53932.75     Document Type: Article

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