Cross sectional observation of the effects of carbon disulphide on the nervous system, endocrine system, and subjective symptoms in rayon manufacturing workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 473-479

  Takebayashi, Toru ^a   Omae, Kazuyuki ^a   Ishizuka, Chizuru ^a   Nomiyama, Tetsuo ^a   Sakurai, Haruhiko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon disulphide; Endocrine system; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; TREMOR; VERTIGO;

EID: 0031865931     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.7.473     Document Type: Article

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