Neurobehavioral, autonomic nervous function and lymphocyte subsets among aluminum electrolytic workers

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-144

  He, S C ^a   Qiao, Nia ^b   Sheng, W ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aluminum exposure; Autonomic nervous function; Lymphocyte subsets; Neurobehavioral

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; ELECTROLYTE; GRAPHITE;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FLOUR; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MOOD; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PARAMETER; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TASK PERFORMANCE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WORKER;

EID: 0038166174     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039463200301600207     Document Type: Article

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