Acute effects of exposure to vapours of standard and dearomatized white spirits in humans. 2. Irritation and inflammation

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-274

  Ernstgård, Lena ^a   Iregren, Anders ^b   Juran, Stephanie ^a,c   Sjögren, Bengt ^a   Thriel, Christoph Van ^c   Johanson, Gunnar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Work Environment Authority   (Sweden)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dearomatized; Human; Inflammation; Irritation; Low aromatic; White spirit

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC WHITE SPIRIT; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; DEAROMATIZED WHITE SPIRIT; INTERLEUKIN 6; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URATE;

ADULT; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BLINKING; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE EDEMA; NOSE IRRITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; THROAT IRRITATION; VAPOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRRITANTS; MALE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 64549102548     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1407     Document Type: Article

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