Chemosensory loss: Functional consequences of the world trade center disaster

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1251-1256

  Dalton, Pamela H ^a   Opiekun, Richard E ^b   Gould, Michele ^a   Mcdermott, Ryan ^a   Wilson, Tamika ^a   Maute, Christopher ^a   Ozdener, Mehmet H ^a   Zhao, Kai ^a   Emmett, Edward ^c   Lees, Peter S J ^d   Herbert, Robin ^e   Moline, Jacqueline ^e  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosensation; Inflammation; Irritation; Occupational exposure; Olfaction; World trade center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASAL LAVAGE; NOSE IRRITATION; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY NERVE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY ORGAN INFLAMMATION; TERRORISM; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; OLFACTORY NERVE; RHINITIS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 77956828839     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1001924     Document Type: Article

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