Color vision impairment in workers exposed to neurotoxic chemicals

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 693-702

  Gobba, Fabriziomaria ^a   Cavalleri, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color vision; Color vision impairment; Metals; Occupational exposure; Solvents

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; HEXANE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; MERCURY; METAL; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SOLVENT; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE;

BOWMAN COLOR CONFUSION INDEX; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COLOR VISION TEST; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE TOXICITY; FARNSWORTH MUNSELL 100 HUE TEST; HUMAN; LANTHONY D 15 DESATURATED PANEL TEST; MONITORING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA CONE; VINGRY AND KING SMITH CONFUSION INDEX;

EID: 0043238669     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-813X(03)00037-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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