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The effects of continuous exposure to carbon monoxide on auditory vigilance in man.
- Source :
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International archives of occupational and environmental health [Int Arch Occup Environ Health] 1981; Vol. 48 (1), pp. 25-34. - Publication Year :
- 1981
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Abstract
- Six different groups of non-smoking young male subjects were studied separately for 18 consecutive days each in a closed controlled-environmental human exposure chamber. Each group was subjected to a 5-day control period in fresh air followed successively by an 8-day period of continuous exposure to 50 ppm, 15 ppm or 0 ppm (control) by volume of carbon monoxide (CO) in air, and a 5-day recovery period in fresh air. The subjects performed a 1-h auditory vigilance task every day at the same time of day in a fixed qualitative, quantitative, and temporal relationship with food intake, consumption of stimulating beverages, physical activity, and sleep. It was concluded that such CO exposure, involving the continuous carriage of carboxyhaemoglobin loads up to 7%, was without significant effect on auditory vigilance.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0340-0131
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- International archives of occupational and environmental health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 7216499
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00405928