Neurological and electrophysiological examinations on three groups of workers with different levels of exposure to mercury vapors

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 571-577

  Urban, Pavel ^a   Lukáš, Edgar ^a   Nerudová, Jana ^a   Čábelková, Zdena ^a   Cikrt, Miroslav ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DMPS; Dose response; ENG; Mercury vapors; VEP

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; MERCURY; UNITHIOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; SYMPTOM; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0033372082     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.650571.x     Document Type: Article

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