Effects of Diesel Exhaust on Neurobehavioral and Pulmonary Functions

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-17

  Kilburn, Kaye H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXHAUST GAS; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MOOD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SLEEP DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0033627399     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890009603379     Document Type: Article

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