Low-level hydrocarbon solvent exposure and neurobehavioural effects

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-102

  Gamble, John F ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Confounding; Cross sectional study; Epidemiology; Exposure response; Hydrocarbon solvents; Neurobehavioural testing; Psychometric test performance

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0034092680     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/50.2.81     Document Type: Article

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