Neurobehavioral and health-related deficits in solvent-exposed painters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 623-632

  Grosch, James W ^a   Neale, Anne Victoria ^b,c   Demers, Raymond Y ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

exposure assessment; neurobehavioral testing; occupational exposure; painting; solvents

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LEAD; SOLVENT; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; PREDICTION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAINT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0029803712     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199611)30:5<623::AID-AJIM11>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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