Assessment of visual functions following prenatal exposure to organic solvents

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 725-731

  Till, Christine ^a,b   Rovet, Joanne F ^a,b   Koren, Gideon ^a,b   Westall, Carol A ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color vision; Contrast sensitivity; Organic solvents; Prenatal exposure; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0041736012     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-813X(02)00212-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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