Chronic psychological effects of exposure to mercury vapour among chlorine-alkali plant workers

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 531-541

  Pranjić, Nurka ^a   Sinanovic O ^a   Jakubovic R ^b  

^a Tuzla University School of Medicine   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b Inst of Occup Medicine of Tuzla   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Abnormal performance of psychological tests; Environmental worry scale; Mercury vapour poisoning; Neurotic syndrome; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CHLORINE; CREATININE; MERCURY; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BEHAVIOR; BENDER TEST; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL WORRY SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYSTERIA; INHALATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEMORY; MERCURIALISM; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOIDISM; URINE LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOLATILIZATION;

ADULT; ALKALIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY TESTS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 1542714346     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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