Odor identification ability and self-reported upper respiratory symptoms in workers at the post-9/11 World Trade Center site

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-137

  Altman, Kenneth W ^a   Desai, Shaun C ^a   Moline, Jacqueline ^a   De La Hoz, Rafael E ^a   Herbert, Robin ^a   Gannon, Patrick J ^b   Doty, Richard L ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Touro College and University System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anosmia; Hyposmia; Occupational medicine; Rhinology; Rhinosinusitis; Smell; SNOT 20; UPSIT; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODOR; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMELLING DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SMELL;

EID: 79151471646     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0556-9     Document Type: Article

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