Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide on Neurobehavioral Function

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 639-646

  Kilburn, Kaye H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance impairment; Brain dysfunction; Bystander; Color discrimination errors; Reaction time slowing

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VERBAL MEMORY; VISION; AIR POLLUTANT; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLOR VISION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0141719849     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000072361.86796.56     Document Type: Article

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