Olfactory loss as a result of toxic exposure

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 6 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 1185-1207

  Upadhyay, Urmen D ^a   Holbrook, Eric H ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM; BENZENE; BENZYL ACETATE; CADMIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; FORMALDEHYDE; GOLD; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; METHYL BROMIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOLVENT; STYRENE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THINNER; TOLUENE; TOXIN;

AIR; BREATHING; DENDRITE; DISEASE COURSE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 9644270529     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2004.05.003     Document Type: Review

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