Selective attention disorders associated with a history of occupational exposure to organic solvents;Alteraciones de la atención selectiva asociadas a la historia de exposición ocupacional a solventes orgánicos

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1013-1021

  Mayor Ríos, Jorge ^a,c   Del Castillo Martin N ^a   Lopez Hernandez V ^b   Galan Garcia L ^b   Suarez Murias C ^b   Charro Ruiz L ^b  

^a Inst Nac la Salud del Trabajador   (Cuba)

^b CENTRO DE NEUROCIENCIAS DE CUBA   (Cuba)

^c NONE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Digit symbol substitution; History of exposure; Organic solvents; Selective attention; Stroop test

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION;

EID: 0346492643     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3711.2003232     Document Type: Article

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