Memory deficits and industrial toxicant exposure: A comparative study of hard metal, solvent and asbestos workers

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 113-128

  Jordan, Catherine M ^a   Whitman, R Douglas ^b   Harbut, Michael ^c  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ctr of Occup and Environ Medicine

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Cobalt; Hard metal disease; Memory; Occupational exposure; Solvent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031170964     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459709000631     Document Type: Article

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