Acute effects of exposure to vapours of standard and dearomatized white spirits in humans. 1. Dose-finding study

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-262

  Ernstgård, Lena ^a   Lind, Birger ^b   Johanson, Gunnar ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute effects; Dearomatized; Human; Low aromatic; White spirit

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIZED WHITE SPIRIT; DEAROMATIZED WHITE SPIRIT; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DYSPNEA; EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE IRRITATION; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROAT IRRITATION; VAPOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRRITANTS; MALE; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 64549110300     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1408     Document Type: Article

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