Ethylene oxide neurotoxicity: A cluster of 12 nurses with peripheral and central nervous system toxicity

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 992-998

  Brashear, A ^a   Unverzagt, F W ^a   Farber, M O ^a   Bonnin, J M ^b   Garcia, J G N ^a   Grober, E ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROETHANOL; ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTOXICITY; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 0029865490     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.4.992     Document Type: Article

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