Neuropsychological performance of journeymen painters under acute solvent exposure and exposure-free conditions

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-275

  Morrow, Lisa A ^a   Steinhauer, Stuart R ^a   Condray, Ruth ^a   Hodgson, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Memory; Neuropsychology; Organic solvents; Painters

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031006374     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617797002695     Document Type: Article

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