Olfactory dysfunction and its measurement in the clinic and workplace

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 268-282

  Doty, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical exposure; Occupational medicine; Psychophysics; Smell; UPSIT

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BENZENE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; CIMETIDINE; CRESOL; FORMALDEHYDE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MORPHINE; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL; PHENAZONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; THIAMAZOLE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; ZINC SULFATE;

AGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALINGERING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; TECHNOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33644504216     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0055-6     Document Type: Review

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