Operating Room Nurses' Psychomotor and Driving Skills after Occupational Exposure to Halothane and Nitrous Oxide

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1978, Pages 33-39

  Korttila, K ^a,b   Pfaffli P ^a,b   Linnoila, M ^a,b   Blomgren, E ^a,b   Hanninen H ^a,b   Hakkinen S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

EXHAUST GAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HALOTHANE; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; NITROUS OXIDE; OPERATING ROOMS; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0017796809     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1978.tb01277.x     Document Type: Article

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