Persistent neurotoxicity from a battery fire: Is cadmium the culprit?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 693-698

  Kilburn, Kaye H ^a,b   Mckinley, Kevin L ^a,c  

^a School of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; NEUROTOXICITY; REACTION TIME; THORAX PAIN; VIBRATION SENSE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0029904163     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199607000-00009     Document Type: Article

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