Measurement of hand tremor induced by industrial exposure to metallic mercury

British Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 204-208

  Fawer, R F ^a   de Ribaupierre, Y ^a   Guillemin, M P ^a   Berode, M ^b   Lob, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

AGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ECOLOGY; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0020584871     PISSN: 00071072     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.40.2.204     Document Type: Article

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