Estuary-associated syndrome in North Carolina: An occupational prevalence study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-26

  Swinker, M ^a   Koltai, D ^a   Wilkins, J ^a   Hudnell, K ^a   Hall, C ^a   Darcey, D ^a   Robertson, K ^a   Schmechel, D ^a   Stopford, W ^a   Music, S ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate; Marine toxin; Memory disorders; Occupational disease; Pfiesteria; Visual contrast sensitivity (VCS)

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARY; FISH; FISHERMAN; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PFIESTERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SKIN EXAMINATION; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DINOPHYCEAE; PFIESTERIA; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA;

EID: 0035154543     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0110921     Document Type: Article

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