Table 3.
Average ratings of odor intensity, irritation and annoyance to three individually-determined concentrations of ammonia vapor.
Asthmatic | Healthy | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | |
Intensity BT | 8.6 | 2.23 | 8.27 | 1.62 |
Intensity T | 9.5 | 1.66 | 9.25 | 1.44 |
Intensity AT | 12.5 | 2.17 | 11.9 | 1.42 |
Irritation BT | 6.9 | 1.51 | 8.7 | 1.32 |
Irritation T | 10.6 | 1.39 | 9.7 | 1.72 |
Irritation AT | 15.2 | 1.86 | 12.35 | 2.55 |
Annoyance BT | 8.8 | 2.3 | 9 | 1.84 |
Annoyance T | 8.9 | 1.6 | 9.57 | 2.12 |
Annoyance AT | 13.5 | 2.09 | 11.03 | 2.3 |
BT = Below threshold; T = At threshold; AT = Above threshold