Neuropathy in an artist exposed to organic solvents in paints: A case study

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-129

  Moshe, Shlomo ^a   Bitchatchi, Enrique ^a   Goshen, Joshua ^a   Attias, Joseph ^b  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Israel)

Author keywords

Artists; Neurobehavioral disturbance; Neuropathy; Organic solvents; Painters

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; ACETONE; BENZENE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; THINNER; TOLUENE; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; GLOVE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEG MOVEMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MASK; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPATHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OTOTOXICITY; PAINTER; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0036523314     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890209602927     Document Type: Article

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