Examination of the influence of personal traits and habituation on the reporting of complaints at experimental exposure to ammonia

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 332-338

  Ihrig, Andreas ^a   Hoffmann, Joerg ^a   Triebig, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Habituation; Personal trait

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAPOR; VOLUNTEER; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 33644511104     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0042-y     Document Type: Article

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