Occupational exposure to organic solvents and long-term nervous system damage detectable by brain imaging, neurophysiology or histopathology

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-187

  Ridgway, Peter ^a   Nixon, T E ^b   Leach, J P ^b  

^a Magdalen House   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic toxic encephalopathy; Neurotoxicity; Organic solvents

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; ACETONE; FUEL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; THINNER; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; XYLENE;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037290592     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00214-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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