Visual dysfunction in workers exposed to a mixture of organic solvents

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 703-710

  Gong, Yingyan ^a   Kishi, Reiko ^a   Kasai, Setsuko ^a   Katakura, Yoko ^a   Fujiwara, Kyoko ^a   Umemura, Tomohiro ^a   Kondo, Tomoko ^a   Sato, Tetsuro ^a   Sata, Fumihiro ^a   Tsukishima, Eri ^a   Tozaki, Shizuka ^a   Kawai, Toshio ^b   Miyama, Yuriko ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Occupational Health Service Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color vision; Organic solvent; Visual contrast sensitivity; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

HIPPURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHYLHIPPURIC ACID; ORGANIC SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BRODMANN AREA; COLOR CONFUSION INDEX; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FURNITURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; URINE LEVEL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0041736017     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-813X(03)00034-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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