Effect of chronic low-level exposure to jet fuel on postural balance of US air force personnel

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 623-632

  Smith, Leslie B ^a   Bhattacharya, Amit ^b,d   Lemasters, Grace ^b   Succop, Paul ^b   Puhala II, Edward ^b   Medvedovic, Mario ^b   Joyce, John ^c  

^a Armstrong Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^d Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROPRIOCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030836056     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199707000-00007     Document Type: Article

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