Six year observational cohort study of the effect of carbon disulphide on brain MRI in rayon manufacturing workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-232

  Nishiwaki, Y ^a   Takebayashi, T ^a   O'Uchi, T ^b   Nomiyama, T ^a   Uemura, T ^a   Sakurai, H ^a,c   Omae, K ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kemeda General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Occup Hlth R and D Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT CEREBRAL INFARCT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON DISULFIDE; CELLULOSE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 1542614454     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2002.006932     Document Type: Article

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