Influence of long term occupational exposure to solvents on colour vision;Einfluss langjähriger beruflicher lösemittelexposition auf das farbensehen

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-141

  Bockelmann I ^a   Lindner, H ^b   Peters, B ^a   Pfister, E A ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acquired impairment; Car painter; Colour vision; Exposure; Organic solvents

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT; PAINT; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAINTER; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLOR VISION TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILES; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PAINT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037673978     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-002-0712-z     Document Type: Article

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