Acute effects of 1,1,1-trichloroethane inhalation on the human central nervous system

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-61

  Laine, Arto ^a,d   Seppäläinen, Anna Maria ^b   Savolainen, Kai ^c   Riihimäki, Vesa ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body sway; EEG, evoked potentials; Inhalation exposure; Physical exercise

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0029832807     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02630739     Document Type: Article

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