Age-dependent doses to members of the public from intake of radionuclides Part 4: Inhalation dose coefficients

The Effect of Environmental Odors Emanating From Commercial Swine Operations on the Mood of Nearby Residents

Environmental odor pollution problems generate a significant fraction of the publicly initiated complaints received by air pollution control districts. Such complaints can trigger a variety of enforcement activities under existing state and local statutes. However, because of the frequently transient timing of exposures, odor sources often elude successful abatement. Furthermore, because of the predominantly subjective nature of associated health complaints, air pollution control authorities may predicate their enforcement activities upon a judgment of the public health impact of the odor source. Noxious environmental odors may trigger symptoms by a variety of physiologic mechanisms, including exacerbation of underlying medical conditions, innate odor aversions, aversive conditioning phenomena, stress-induced illness, and possible pheromonal reactions. Whereas relatively consistent patterns of subjective symptoms have been reported among individuals who live near environmental odor sources, docum...

Critical Review: The Health Significance of Environmental Odor Pollution

Volatile organic compounds in an urban airborne environment adjacent to a municipal incinerator, waste collection centre and sewage treatment plant

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Margaret Deane

Papers

Annoyance and health reactions to odor from refineries and other industries in Carson, California 1972.

Health effects of exposure to community odors from pulp mills, Eureka, 1971

Trends and community annoyance reactions to odors from pulp mills Eureka, California 1969–1971