From chemosensory thresholds to whole body exposures - Experimental approaches evaluating chemosensory effects of chemicals

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 308-321

  van Thriel, Christoph ^a   Schäper, Michael ^a   Kiesswetter, Ernst ^a   Kleinbeck, Stefan ^a   Juran, Stephanie ^a   Blaszkewicz, Meinolf ^a   Fricke, Hajo Hennig ^b   Altmann, Lilo ^b   Berresheim, Hans ^b   Brüning, Thomas ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Chemosensory effects; Chemosensory thresholds; Psychophysical approaches; Regulatory toxicology

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; AMMONIA; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CYCLOHEXYLAMINE; DIMETHYLAMINE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID; TRIMETHYLAMINE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OLFACTORY NERVE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SAFETY; SMELLING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SMELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 33644557758     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0057-4     Document Type: Article

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