Late motor deficits of Chilean manganese miners: A blinded control study

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 788-795

  Hochberg, F ^a,e   Miller, G ^b   Valenzuela, R ^c   McNelis, S ^d   Crump, K S ^e   Covington, T ^a,b   Valdivia, G ^d,e   Hochberg, B ^b,c   Trustman, J W ^d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c ICF Kaiser International   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e One Hawthorne Place ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

EID: 0029844829     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.3.788     Document Type: Article

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