Motor function, olfactory threshold, and hematological indices in manganese-exposed ferroalloy workers

Environmental Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 175-180

  Lucchini, R ^a   Bergamaschi, E ^b   Smargiassi, A ^c   Festa, D ^a   Apostoli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; MANGANESE OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

EID: 0031127434     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3702     Document Type: Conference Paper

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