Health status of pesticide applicators: Postural stability assessments

Journal of Occupational Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1196-1202

  Sack, David ^a   Linz, Douglas ^a   Shukla, Rakesh ^a   Rice, Carol ^a   Bhattacharya, Amit ^a   Suskind, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; WORKER;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; EQUILIBRIUM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POSTURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0027741284     PISSN: 00961736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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