Neuropsychological impairment from acute low-level exposure to carbon monoxide

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 845-848

  Amitai, Yona ^a   Zlotogorski, Zoli ^b   Golan Katzav, Vered ^b   Wexler, Anya ^a   Gross, Ditza ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031779116     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.6.845     Document Type: Article

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