Exposure to reduced sulfur gases impairs neurobehavioral function

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 997-1006

  Kilburn, Kaye H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Neuro Test Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REACTION TIME; RECALL; VERTIGO; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0030847589     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199710000-00006     Document Type: Article

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