Influence of occupational exposure to organic solvent mixtures on contrast sensitivity in printers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-33

  Boeckelmann, Irina ^a   Pfister, Eberhard Alexander ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; RATING SCALE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0037231507     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200301000-00009     Document Type: Article

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