Neurotoxicity of long-term low level exposure to carbon disulphide: Results of questionnaire, clinical neurological examination and neuropsychological testing

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 332-338

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon disulphide; Neurological disturbances; Neurotoxicity; Occupationally induced neurological disorders; TTCA

Indexed keywords

2 THIO 1,3 THIAZOLIDINE 4 CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBON DISULFIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON DISULFIDE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES;

EID: 0030943944     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050156     Document Type: Article

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