Chemesthetic responses to airborne mineral dusts: Boric acid compared to alkaline materials

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-345

  Cain, William S ^a   Jalowayski, Alfredo A ^a   Schmidt, Roland ^a   Kleinman, Michael ^b   Magruder, Kevin ^a   Lee, K C ^a,c   Culver, B Dwight ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boric acid; Chemesthesis; Dryness; Mineral dust; OELs; Sensory irritation

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; BORATE SODIUM; BORIC ACID; CALCIUM OXIDE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRY NOSE; DRY THROAT; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MINERAL DUST; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE SECRETION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BORATES; BORIC ACIDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DUST; EAR, INNER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDES; PHARYNX;

EID: 36549046085     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0218-8     Document Type: Article

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