Acute effects of 1-octen-3-ol, a microbial volatile organic compound (MVOC)-An experimental study

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-147

  Wålinder, Robert ^a   Ernstgård, Lena ^b   Norbäck, Dan ^a   Wieslander, Gunilla ^a   Johanson, Gunnar ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

1 Octen 3 ol; Chamber study; Indoor environment; Linoleic acid; Mould; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

ALKANOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; MYELOPEROXIDASE; OCTENOL; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLINKING; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EYE IRRITATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE IRRITATION; NOSE MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMETRY; SMELLING DISORDER; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; THROAT IRRITATION; TRANSFER TEST; VITAL CAPACITY; VITAL STAIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLINKING; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; OCTANOLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52049106820     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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