Electrophysiological investigation of central, peripheral and autonomic nerve function in workers with long-term low-level exposure to carbon disulphide in the viscose industry

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 249-256

  Reinhardt, F ^a   Drexler, H ^a   Bickel, A ^a   Claus, D ^a   Ulm, K ^b   Angerer, J ^a   Lehnert, G ^a   Neundorfer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon disulphide; Neurotoxicity; Occupationally induced neurological disorders; Peripheral and autonomic nerve function; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARBON DISULFIDE; CELLULOSE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030769785     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050215     Document Type: Article

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