Glaucopsia: An occupational ophthalmic hazard

Toxicological Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-90

  Ballantyne, Bryan ^a,b  

^a UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAZABICYCLO[2.2.2]OCTANE; ALICYCLIC AMINE; ALIPHATIC AMINE; DIETHYLAMINE; DIISOPROPYLAMINE; DIMETHYLAMINE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; HETEROCYCLIC AMINE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; MORPHOLINE; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; OCTYLAMINE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIETHYLAMINE;

BIOMICROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LATENT PERIOD; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THICKNESS; VAPOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORKPLACE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; VOLATILIZATION;

GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; VISION DISORDERS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 16544370847     PISSN: 11762551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00139709-200423020-00003     Document Type: Review

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