Evaluation of the French version of EUROQUEST: A questionnaire for neurotoxic symptoms

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 541-546

  Rouch, Isabelle ^a   Wild, Pascal ^a   Fontana, Jean Marc ^a   Chouaniere, Dominique ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

EUROQUEST; Neurotoxicity; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC GAS; SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

ADULT; AGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDUCATION; EUROQUEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0042236353     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-813X(03)00075-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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