Low-level styrene exposure and color vision in Swedish styrene workers

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 511-516

  Iregren, Anders ^a   Johnson, Ann Christin ^a,b   Nylén, Per ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Color vision; Reinforced plastics; Styrene; Workers

Indexed keywords

STYRENE;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERROR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TRAINING; WORKER;

EID: 17044425957     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2004.12.057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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