The effects of air pollutants and irritants on the upper airway

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-105

  Shusterman, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Irritation; Occupation; Olfaction; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IRRITANT AGENT; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NOSE; NOSE CAVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; OTITIS MEDIA; REACTIVE AIRWAY DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; REACTIVE UPPER AIRWAY DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SINUSITIS; SMELLING DISORDER; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; LARYNX; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; LARYNX; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARANASAL SINUSES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79960632674     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: 19435665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.201003-027RN     Document Type: Conference Paper

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