Effects of occupational exposure to a mixture of solvents on the inner ear: A field study

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-256

  Sułkowski, Wiesław J ^a   Kowalska, Sylwia ^a   Matyja, Wojciech ^a   Guzek, Wojciech ^a   Wesołowski, Wiktor ^a   Szymczak, Wiesław ^a   Kostrzewski, Przemysław ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electronystagmography; Environmental and biological monitoring; Hearing and vestibular disorders; Organic solvent mixture; Otoacoustic emissions; Pure tone audiometry

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INNER EAR; LIPID SOLUBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0036385396     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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