Occupational exposures to solvents and aluminium and estimated risk of Alzheimer's disease

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 627-633

  Graves, Amy B ^a,e   Rosner, Daniel ^b   Echeverria, Diana ^c   Mortimer, James A ^a   Larson, Eric B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Alzheimer's disease; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031878010     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.9.627     Document Type: Article

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