Motor function in aging Great Lakes fisheaters

Environmental Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2 II, 1999, Pages

  Schantz, Susan L ^a   Gardiner, Joseph C ^b   Gasior, Donna M ^b   Sweeney, Anne M ^c   Humphrey, Harold E B ^d   McCaffrey, Robert J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; DDE; Great Lakes fish; Motor function; PCBs

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LAKE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0033040577     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3904     Document Type: Conference Paper

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