Visual analogue scales: How can we interpret them in experimental studies of irritation in the eyes, nose, throat and airways?

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 777-782

  Ernstgård, Lena ^a   Bottai, Matteo ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute effects; Chemical vapours; Exposure; Human; Logistic quantile regression

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; DIOXANE; GLYCOL; HEXANAL; META XYLENE; PAINT;

ACOUSTIC RHINOMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NOSE IRRITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; THROAT IRRITATION; VAPOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BLINKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRRITANTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SINUSITIS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865829468     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1681     Document Type: Article

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