Dichotic listening performances of patients with chronic exposure to organic solvents

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-112

  Varney, Nils R ^a,d   Kubu, Cynthia S ^a,b   Morrow, Lisa A ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d The University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031961172     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.12.1.107.1729     Document Type: Article

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