"Irritants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs that act locally on cutaneous or mucosal surfaces to produce inflammation; those that cause redness due to hyperemia are rubefacients; those that raise blisters are vesicants and those that penetrate sebaceous glands and cause abscesses are pustulants; tear gases and mustard gases are also irritants.
| Descriptor ID |
D007509
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.400 D27.888.569.300
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Irritants" by people in Profiles.
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Bello A, Quinn MM, Perry MJ, Milton DK. Characterization of occupational exposures to cleaning products used for common cleaning tasks--a pilot study of hospital cleaners. Environ Health. 2009 Mar 27; 8:11.
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Woskie SR, Eisen EE, Wegman DH, Hu X, Kriebel D. Worker sensitivity and reactivity: indicators of worker susceptibility to nasal irritation. Am J Ind Med. 1998 Dec; 34(6):614-22.
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Hu X, Wegman DH, Eisen EA, Woskie SR. Application of an event marker in the occupational epidemiologic study of acute irritant symptoms. Epidemiology. 1993 May; 4(3):266-70.
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Hu X, Wegman DH, Eisen EA, Woskie SR, Smith RG. Dose related acute irritant symptom responses to occupational exposure to sodium borate dusts. Br J Ind Med. 1992 Oct; 49(10):706-13.
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Seddon JM, Schwartz B, Flowerdew G. Case-control study of ocular hypertension. Arch Ophthalmol. 1983 Jun; 101(6):891-4.