Brain But Not Lung Functions Impaired after a Chlorine Incident

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 299-305

  Kilburn, Kaye H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance disorder; Chlorinamines; Choice reaction time; Free radical oxidation; Perceptual motor speed

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LINGUISTICS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MOOD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0142178050     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.299     Document Type: Article

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