The Nervous System Effects of Occupational Exposure on Workers in a South African Manganese Smelter

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 885-894

  Myers, Jonathan E ^a   Thompson, Mary Lou ^a,c   Ramushu, Suzan ^a   Young, Taryn ^a   Jeebhay, Mohamed F ^a   London, Leslie ^a   Esswein, Eric ^b,d   Renton, Kevin ^b   Spies, Adri ^b   Boulle, Andrew ^a   Naik, Inakshi ^b   Iregren, Anders ^e   Rees, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exposure; Manganese; Neurobehavioural; Neurotoxicity; Occupational

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL INDUSTRY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMELTER; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREMOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

LURIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 10744228594     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-813X(03)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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