Acute effects of exposure to vapours of acetic acid in humans

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-30

  Ernstgård, Lena ^a   Iregren, Anders ^b   Sjögren, Bengt ^a   Johanson, Gunnar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Acute effects; Human; Inflammatory markers; Irritation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACETIC ACID; ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERLEUKIN-6; IRRITANTS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33744980929     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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