Chronic exposure to anesthetic gases affects balance control in operating room personnel

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-198

  Vouriot, Alexandre ^a,b   Gauchard, Gérome C ^a,b   Chau, Nearkasen ^a,c   Nadif, Rachel ^a   Mur, Jean Marie ^a,c   Perrin, Philippe P ^a,b,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Anesthetic gases; Balance control; Compensatory mechanisms; Long term effects; Posturography; Workers

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EXPOSURE; EYELID CLOSURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STABILOGRAPHY; VISION;

EID: 13844262735     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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